London 'terror attack': Vehicle strikes pedestrians leaving mosque; 1 dead, 8 injured

Police man a cordon at Finsbury Park where a vehicle struck pedestrians in London Monday, June 19, 2017. Police say a vehicle struck pedestrians on a road in north London, leaving several casualties and one person has been arrested. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

London: In a deliberate attempt, a vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, causing 1 person's death and leaving several injured. Prime Minister Theresa May has addressed the same as a "Potential terror attack".  One person has been arrested. The London Ambulance Service says the injured are being taken to hospitals. Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give emergency medical treatment to at least one of the injured. The Muslim Council tweeted that worshippers were struck by a van as they were leaving prayers at the Finsbury Park mosque. It said its prayers are with the victims. The neighborhood has two mosques, and several hundred worshippers would have been in the area after attending prayers as part of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Finsbury Park mosque was associated with extremist ideology for several years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States but was shut down and reorganized. It has not been associated with radical views for more than a decade. London police have declared the crash a major incident and closed the area to normal traffic. Metropolitan Police said officers were called to the scene on Seven Sisters Road at 12:20 a.m. Monday. Many police cars and ambulances responded to the incident. No other details were immediately available. Britain's terrorist alert has been set at "severe" meaning an attack is highly likely. Earlier this month, a van veered into pedestrians on London Bridge, setting off vehicle and knife attacks that killed eight people and wounded many others on the bridge and in the nearby Borough Market area. Three Muslim extremists who carried out the attack were killed by police. Manchester was also hit by a severe attack when a bomber killed more than 20 people at an Ariana Grande concert.