Serious [Breaking] Man drives van into crowd outside mosque in London

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London's Metropolitan Police commissioner announced that the Muslim community attending prayers will see police protection in the wake of a man driving a van into a crowd of people outside a mosque in what authorities called a terrorist attack.

One person who had been receiving first aid before the attack, which occurred just after midnight prayers on Monday, died on the scene, but it is unclear at this time whether he died as a result of what took place.

At least 11 people were injured in the incident, and the London Ambulance Service said in a statement today that it took nine patients to three hospitals in the city and treated others at the scene for minor injuries.

A 48-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. No other suspects have been identified, police said.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said the incident, near Finsbury Park in the north of London, was "quite clearly an attack on Muslims."

She later told reporters Monday. "The people in the Muslim community attending prayers will see their police protecting them in the coming days and nights."

Prime Minister Theresa May called the incident, which mirrored other high-profile terrorist attacks in which vehicles were used as weapons, "every bit as sickening as those that have come before."

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said "terrorism is terrorism."

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