Finsbury Park mosque attack: Imam 'protected van driver' from angry public after crashAn imam reportedly saved the van driver involved in the suspected Finsbury Park terrorist attack from being attacked by members of the public in the immediate aftermath of the crash.
One person has died and 10 more are injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians near a mosque in north London in the early hours of Monday.
Witnesses reported those nearby grabbed and pinned the driver down until police arrived.
One said the furious crowd might have injured or killed him were it not for the intervention of imam Mohammed Mahmoud.
An eyewitness who gave his name as Abdul told The Independent: "People gather on that part of the street during Ramadan to chat and socialise so it was premeditated. He knew what he was doing.
"He waited until people had come out then drove at the people on the right then swerved to hit people on the left. Someone was lying under his van shouting 'Help me'.
"He tried to run away but we brought him down. He would've died because so many people were punching him but the imam came out and said 'No more punching, let's keep him down until the police come'.
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