We can join my colleague we canjoin my colleague ben brown who is there. Im ben brown in north london, where police are investigating the third Terror Attack in the city in as many months. Once again, a vehicle was used to target people as a van was driven at speed into a crowd of muslim worshippers outside a mosque. One person died and ten people were injured. Bystanders pinned down the terror suspect before handing him over to police. When he was running, he was saying, iam going when he was running, he was saying, i am going to kill more people. I asked him when he was on the ground, wide you do that . Innocent people. He said, i want to kill muslims. A 48 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of Attempted Murder. Good morning from Finsbury Park, where one man has died and ten people have been injured after a man drove a Van Into Worshippers near a north london mosque. The van hit people after mounting the pavementjust after midnight outside the Muslim Welfare house, near Finsbury Park mosque. A 48 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of Attempted Murder. Home secretary amber rudd said the attack is being treated as a Terrorist Incident and Counter Terrorism officers are at the scene. London mayor sadiq khan said the attack was an assault on all our shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect. We can hear now from some eyewitnesses. There was loads of muslims on the street and the van ploughed into them. The driver was eventually dragged out of the car and onto the floor, people were eating and punching him. The imam came out of the mosque and said, do not hit him, pin him down and call the police. He has given us good words of advice. Muslims today are victimised and we dont feel safe walking the streets of britain and we walking the streets of britain and we shouldnt have to be this way. Were you in the group of people around the man when he was taken out of the van . Yes. What happened . Was he trying to stay in the van . Of the van . Yes. What happened . Was he trying to stay in the vamm of the van . Yes. What happened . Was he trying to stay in the van . It was a struggle to get him out. People we re a struggle to get him out. People were beating him up, and they would do because they were angry residents. Police eventually came but the Response Time took way too long. I spoke to police on the other side of the bridge and asked them why it took so long, when the London Bridge was four minute Response Time. The metropolitan police have got to answer why they took so long. I have Video Footage on my phone off a somalian woman on the floor a policeman on the other side why the police took so long, he said i cannot give you any information. He said it is because it was reported as a collision, therefore it wasnt confused, they thought he slipped up and crashed. He was building up speed towards us, it was a reaction to what happened on London Bridge. Finsbury park is predominantly muslim area. He knew exactly what kind prayers were finishing, then he came out and specifically run the muslims over. Its not fair, we are already victimised as it is. We cannot go to the mosque without looking behind our backs. Just practice religion we have to look behind our backs, we are living in fear. We have heard from the commissioner of the metropolitan police saying, london is as a tea of many faiths and nationalities, and an attack on one community is an attack on everyone. She said the terrorists will not succeed in their attem pts terrorists will not succeed in their atte m pts to terrorists will not succeed in their attempts to divide us and make us live in fear. Also from the deputy assista nt live in fear. Also from the Deputy Assistant commissioner, saying there would be extra Police Patrols in all communities in london, particularly those marking ramadan. Lets get this report on the latest developments from my colleague richard galpin. It is shortly after midnight and worshippers whojust it is shortly after midnight and worshippers who just left the Finsbury Park mosque in north london have come under attack. Hit by a van which had ploughed into the crowd, leaving many casualties. He basically drove on the pavement coming towards all the muslims and as hes coming to them he hit all of them. I was coming towards the shops andi them. I was coming towards the shops and i saw a large crowd of people on the pavement. I learnt after that a van that was standing out by the Traffic Lights was the van that mode people down. The crowd managed to catch the van driver pinning him down before he could escape. And these pictures appear to show the suspect being detained by the police. This is being treated as a Terrorist Attack and the Counterterrorism Command is investigating. This was an attack on london and all londoners and we should stand together against extremists whatever the cause. Should stand together against extremists whatever the causem the aftermath of the attack, people started preying on the street. This is the muslim holy month of ramadan. Amongst the community here, there have been some accusations that the authorities were slow to call this a Terrorist Attack. But this is being denied by the government. Terrorist attack. But this is being denied by the governmentm Terrorist Attack. But this is being denied by the government. It was treated immediately as a suspected Terrorist Attack. We must allow the police to deal with the facts and they will make sure they make those fa cts they will make sure they make those facts available as soon as they can. Our priority must be to support the people who have been victims of this and to make sure the investigation is done with all due speed and professionalism. This morning the area remained sealed off as the Police Investigation continues. Already there are plans to increase security around mosques. Each Borough Commander across london, and theres 32 boroughs we are talking about, will make sure theres additional uniformed around mosques. Some of that is from people being brought back off leash to make sure we are brought back off leash to make sure we are keeping everyone safe. This towards the end of the month of ramadan is the highest part of the month, many go to the mosques in the evenings. We dont want anyone to think they cannot go out their lives because they are feeling vulnerable. Muslim leaders say there have been many incidents of islam phobia following the series of attacks in london and manchester in recent months by Islamist Extremists but what has now happened in Finsbury Parkis what has now happened in Finsbury Park is by far the worst. Counterterrorism officers are investigating at the scene. With me now is Counter Terrorism consultant and former head of the national Counter Terrorism security office, Chris Phillips. What will the Counterterrorism Officers be doing right now . M what will the Counterterrorism Officers be doing right now . It is very similar to other Terrorist Attacks, it is being treated as a Terror Attack so they need to get as much evidence as they can about what happened at the scene, witnesses and things like that, but then also the forensics. The most important thing again isjust forensics. The most important thing again is just because this person was in the van alone, it doesnt mean he acted alone so its important we tracked down anyone might be linked to him in anyway. They have him so it should be easy to find out, and also his motives because thats very important from the terrorist perspective. So trying to find out if this is a wider conspiracy, notjust him acting alone . Yes, and it looks like it is him acting alone but we dont know, there may be other people involved in this. There is a big difference between a actor and a person who is pa rt between a actor and a person who is part of a Wider Network so its important for the police to investigate that and get on with taking the man to court. And yet againa taking the man to court. And yet again a vehicle attacking pedestrians. It appears to be the new method of Terrorist Attacks. Well of course it is very simple and its an easy thing to copycat. Me and you could get in a car and decide to do that if we were that way inclined. Very difficult for the police to do anything about unless they have prior intelligence and we have a lot of people out there who might be so inclined. Unfortunately it isnt really easy thing to do. How stretched do you think scotland ya rd how stretched do you think Scotland Yard would be right now . They have had so much to deal with in the last few months, the westminster attack, the Manchester London attack and g Re Nfell Tower the Manchester London attack and Grenfell Tower now as well. |j the Manchester London attack and Grenfell Tower now as well. I dont know how the government can go ahead with all of these cuts, theres further cuts, not for the police this year, really the government need to tell the police those cuts cannot go ahead, in fact we need more money because the police are so stretched. Part of the reason the response was a bit lax here overnight is because these officers have been working so hard all of this last few weeks. Scotland yard saying they were on the scene pretty quickly within ten minutes, but Chris Phillips thank you, that is the former head of the National Counterterrorism office. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in Downing Street with the latest on this. That cobra meeting bringing together the Emergency Services, intelligence services, local authority, all of the key players. I think that has now the key players. I think that has now finished because we sought the Home Secretary amber rudd leaving a short time ago. If you look behind me you can see them bringing out a lectin. That will be for the Prime Minister to make a statement i would think in the next 15 minutes or so. An important statement for the Prime Minister on how she calibrates this because she has faced a good deal of criticism in the wake of the g Re Nfell Tower criticism in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire so she will want to make sure she catches the right mood and strikes the right note. Obviously very different response to the aftermath of the London Bridge attack, when you remember the Prime Minister gave that speech about enough is enough, and she set out a series of measures to confront islamist extremism. Now shes having to address terrorism directed, it seems, at the Muslim Community. Then she was talking about a series of policy initiatives, for example beefing up tpms and talked about making it easier to deport people, maybe opting out of elements of the Human Rights Act to make it easier to pursue such policies. Today a different sort of statement, i imagine the Prime Minister will want to stress that terrorism is terrorism from wherever it comes, but also a moment when i expect she will want to offer some words of reassurance because will want to offer some words of reassurance because this was the fourth Terrorist Incident we have had in the last three months. The third in london. The other area which will be the focus of a lot of attention will be resou rces. Focus of a lot of attention will be resources. Are there is sufficient Police Resources to deal with this threat we now seem to face . The Home Secretary saying earlier she did not believe resources were an issue, and the Emergency Services were satisfied with what they had got. We know in the wake of the London Bridge attack there was criticism of the fact that 20,000 Police Officers have been cut over the past five, six years. The Home Secretary does believe the Emergency Services have the sufficient resources, but she said that will be kept under review. We have had a succession of terrible events, london, westminster bridge, manchester, London Bridge, the g Re Nfell Tower manchester, London Bridge, the Grenfell Tower disaster, and all of this. I suppose all of that would be enough to test the mettle of any Prime Minister, any government . |j mean, Prime Minister, any government . mean, sure. These are extraordinarily difficult, turbulent, daunting times. Very unsettling times. It is imperative the Prime Minister manages to strike the Prime Minister manages to strike the right tone. Betty manages to give voice, perhaps, yes to the sense of horror and grievance, but also to reassure people that our way of life can continue, people can go about their daily business. The police are putting in additional resou rces police are putting in Additional Resources to strike the right national mood. Interesting to that sajid javid, the Communities Secretary, has been down to Finsbury Park. He said it was his first instinct to go down there. We dont know if mrs may will go down there. I thought it interesting as well, trying to reassure people about the police response, about which there has been some criticism on the ground, describing it as thorough and professional. He said the police had been on site within a couple of minutes, which would be a very Swift Response indeed. But clearly he feels the police did manage to respond very, very swiftly, to the first reports of the attack infant bridge park. We should get more details about the governments overall response shortly from the Prime Minister. Thank you very much indeed. Norman smith. The police saying they did have some officers in the vicinity who responded almost immediately. Others within about ten minutes of the first emergency call, which was that 21 minutes past midnight. Norman theyre talking about the Communities Secretary who has been here. Jeremy corbyn was here. He was here. Jeremy corbyn was here. He was here overnight for a considerable amount of time. He said he was shocked by this horrific and cruel attack. He is expected to attend prayers later at the Finsbury Park mosque down the road. Lets talk to somebody who witnessed the aftermath of what happened here. Joining me now is the bbc reporter abdirahim saeed. You work for the bbc world service. What did you see and what did you hear . I arrived after the incident has happened. I was driving from Central London to north london. By pure coincidence i saw a huge amount of police cars and im. Trying to get through. I made my way towards them. On my left hand side, i realised something was not right. There were too many people shouting, disorganised. I immediately chose to park my car at the next level. I came back, perhaps 30 steps, and i saw one of the most horrific scenes. A couple of bodies, motionless, not moving. Two men, their clothes were bloodied. And i spoke to people. I said, what thejuicy . What did you see to one person said, i saw everything. He said, do you see that white van behind us . There was a white van behind us . There was a white van behind us . There was a white van across the bodies. I was told there were eight bodies on the ground. He said, do you see that van . Aid which took an immediate swerve left and mowed into people. This was a side road. A dead end. A local