suspects run away once the van had stopped.

Atikur Arhman, 41, from Finsbury Park, said: "There was three people in there. They caught one and are looking for another two.



"An elderly man who just came from the mosque, he just fainted and people were picking him up when the van he just sped up and ran them over when the guy was one the floor.


"People said the driver had a gun with him.

"It's not safe anymore after what's been happening. It's not been safe to walk.

"Two people ran away and one got taken away to the police.

Another witness added: "When they stopped two guys run away and with one guy people stopped him."

"If he'd gone for the main entrance then maybe 15 or 20 would have been killed."

He addedresponse from the emergency services.

Dozens of police cars and vans cordoned off a large area of the normally bustling thoroughfare as stunned locals gathered at the scene.


Images on Twitter appeared to show a clean-shaven white man with black hair being detained by police officers behind a van, surrounded by a group of shouting onlookers.

The vehicle in question appears to have been rented from a company based in Wales, Pontaclun Van Hire.

A woman named Hajal said her sister witnessed the immediate aftermath of the incident.

She told LBC Radio: "Everyone was just running everywhere she didn't realise what was going on at first until she people on the floor.

"She ran to see first victim and realised it was a family friend.

"An old man didn't have a pulse. Police came and