The authorities in Britain said on Monday that they were treating an early morning attack near a mosque in London as an act of terrorism directed toward Muslims, amid fears of retaliation for several recent assaults in the country attributed to Islamist extremists. Shortly after midnight, a van rammed into a group of pedestrians near the Finsbury Park Mosque, in North London, and the imam of a nearby community center was credited with preventing an angry mob from attacking the driver after worshipers subdued him. One person died at the scene and at least 10 were wounded, but the authorities said it was not immediately clear if the attack, which they said was carried out by a 47-year-old white man who was believed to be acting alone, was responsible for the death. The suspected driver, who has not been publicly identified, has been accused of terrorism offenses, the police said. read more https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/world/europe/uk-van-attack-london-mosque.html
