British police said two people have been taken to hospital after reports of a car hitting pedestrians outside a mosque in northwest London on Tuesday, LBC radio reported. Two hospitalised after car hits pedestrians outside London Mosque

Officers were called to the Oxgate Lane, Cricklewood, north west London, after reports a car collided with people at around 00.35 am on Wednesday, Scotland Yard said. "Two people were taken to hospital for treatment; two of those injured are males in their twenties," Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, said. Eye-witnesses apparently suggest perpetrators were heard shouting anti-Islamic sloguns.https://t.co/VmvysZgpC5 pic.twitter.com/niMOgf8ccM — Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) September 19, 2018

The Hussaini Association called the incident a "premeditated Islamophobic attack," adding that the worshippers were attending a 10-day series of lectures commemorating the death of Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed 1379 years ago according to the Islamic calendar, a date which will coincide with Thursday this year. Officers are working to trace the driver and occupants of the car -- three men and a woman, all aged in their mid-20s -- which fled the scene. "We are treating this incident very seriously and a number of enquiries are underway to trace the car and those involved," DS Kelly Schonhage from Brent CID said.Police say the case is "not being treated as terrorist-related," but added that "the hate crime aspect of the collision is being looked at by detectives as an aggravating factor.
Three people are injured after a car rammed into pedestrians near a mosque in northwest London. The Metropolitan Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.