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SHOCKING footage shows bloodied and injured victims moments after they were mowed down in a horrific van attack in North London.

A man reportedly screaming "I'm going to kill all Muslims!" as he ploughed the white van into a crowd of worshippers outside a mosque in Finsbury Park.

 Panicked bystanders rushed to help the injured as they lay along the road near Finsbury Park Mosque
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Panicked bystanders rushed to help the injured as they lay along the road near Finsbury Park Mosque
 A bleeding and shaken man is tended to by passersby after being struck by a van in North London
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A bleeding and shaken man is tended to by passersby after being struck by a van in North London
 A body is covered with a sheet in the middle of the road as officers carry out an emergency response
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A body is covered with a sheet in the middle of the road as officers carry out an emergency responseCredit: Rex Features
 One person was killed and 10 people were injured in the horrific van attack
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One person was killed and 10 people were injured in the horrific van attackCredit: Rex Features

One man has died and 10 are injured, including two very seriously, after the attack just before 12.30am last night.

Witnesses said a rental van was used to plough into pedestrians as they left Ramadan late evening prayers at the Muslim Welfare House, Seven Sisters Road.

Videos uploaded to social media show chaos as badly hurt victims lie scattered along the street — just yards from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's Islington home.

Armed cops swooped on the scene in large numbers and police helicopters swarmed overhead in what Scotland Yard called a "major incident".

 Emergency services tend to a victim after they were struck by a van in North London
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Emergency services tend to a victim after they were struck by a van in North LondonCredit: Rex Features
 Other footage shows locals desperately tending to an injured person
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Other footage shows locals desperately tending to an injured person
 Shocked residents look on in horror as paramedics tend to victims
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Shocked residents look on in horror as paramedics tend to victimsCredit: Rex Features

A 48-year-old man was arrested in the immediate aftermath as bystanders told of tackling him to the ground and dragging him to cops.

Other shocking photos showed emergency services tending to the injured.

Police have confirmed they are treating it as a terror attack, but said they were keeping an "open mind" to the motive.

Two witnesses told that the driver got out of the van screaming that he wanted to “kill all Muslims”.

 An injured man lies on the ground near Finsbury Park Mosque after being struck by a van
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An injured man lies on the ground near Finsbury Park Mosque after being struck by a van
 Ambulance crews take an injured victim away from the scene
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Ambulance crews take an injured victim away from the sceneCredit: Rex Features

Counter-terror cops are leading the police investigation and have appealed to witnesses for information.

Cynthia Vanzella, who lives opposite the scene, told The Sun: "It was really ugly. I saw at least two people on the floor not moving and police officers trying to do chest massage on them desperately trying to save them. I just hope they did."

She also spoke to BBC News, saying: "From the window, I started hearing a lot of yelling and screeching, a lot of chaos outside. Everybody was shouting: 'A van's hit people, a van's hit people'."

She later tweeted: "Horrible to watch police officers doing cardiac massage at people on the floor, desperately trying to save them. I just hope they did."

It comes just two weeks after a rental van was used to mow down bystanders during the jihadi-inspired London Bridge attack, which killed eight people.


What we know so far:

  • A van ran down pedestrians on Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park, North London just after 12:20am on Monday morning
  • One man was killed and 10 people were injured outside the Muslim Welfare House as worshippers left a late evening prayer meeting
  • Photos of the van used in the smash show it baring the logo of a Wales-based rental company
  • Scotland Yard confirmed a man, 48, had been arrested at the scene following a massive armed response
  • He reportedly screamed "kill me, kill all Muslims" as hero bystanders tackled him to the ground
  • Police put up a huge cordon around the area and a Metropolitan Police helicopter was seen circling overhead
  • Prime Minister Theresa May described the apparent attack as "terrible incident", while Jeremy Corbyn said he was "totally shocked"
  • Scotland Yard confirmed they are treating the incident as a terror attack
  • It comes just over two weeks after a rental van was used to mow down pedestrians during the London Bridge attack

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