Mohammed Shafiq of the Ramadhan Foundation, a Muslim organization, said that based on eyewitness reports, it seems to be a "deliberate attack against innocent Muslims".
Police said that one man had been arrested at the scene and that no further suspects had been identified. "Eight people injured were taken to three separate hospitals; two people were treated at the scene for minor injuries". "It is too early to state if his death was a result of this attack".
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said the people at the scene "worked with officers to calmly and quickly get him into our custody".
"All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and the emergency services on the scene", May said, adding that she would chair an emergency response meeting later on Monday.
Rudd, who is in charge for government law enforcement, said: "Londoners have been hit with a series of attacks and have been nothing short of heroic." she said Monday.
Another witness, Abdikadar Warfa, said he helped to detain the suspect while his friends helped victims.
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says in a tweet that he has been in touch with mosques, the police, and the local council regarding the incident.
The British Council of Muslims called for extra security around mosques, saying the late night attack was a violent manifestation of Islamophobia.
"It appears that a white man in a van intentionally ploughed into a group of worshipers who were already tending to someone who had been taken ill", the council said in a statement.
The force added: "Due to the nature of this incident extra policing resources have been deployed in order to reassure communities, especially those observing Ramadan".
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"From the window, I started hearing a lot of yelling and screeching, a lot of chaos outside".
According to multiple reports and social media posts, the van ran over people leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque.
It also comes at a time of political turmoil, as Prime Minister May plunges into divorce talks with the European Union weakened by the loss of her parliamentary majority in the June 8 election.
One witness told CNN it was clear that the attacker at Finsbury Park had deliberately targeted Muslims. May says police are treating the crash as a potential terrorist attack.
A group of people were helping a man who had collapsed when they were hit by the van just after midnight.
"Everyone was shouting "a van's hit people", she said.
CNN national terror analyst Peter Bergen said the Finsbury Park neighborhood has a large Muslim population and the nearby mosque has a notorious reputation as a place where Islamist militants used to gather.
In March, a man plowed a rented SUV into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four people before stabbing a police officer outside Parliament.
The footage shows people screaming expletives and "killer" repeatedly at the man as he is held down, his face pushed against the pavement, his hair being pulled.
Manchester was also hit by a severe attack when a bomber killed more than 20 people at an Ariana Grande concert. A number of police and ambulances were in attendance.
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