London Mayor praises community response to Finsbury Park attack

Record ID: 896019

  • Title: London Mayor praises community response to Finsbury Park attack
  • Date: 19th June 2017
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 19, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE GATHERED ALONG ROAD NEAR FINSBURY PARK MOSQUE WHERE ATTACK TOOK PLACE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE HOLDING FLOWERS POLICE WATCHING PEOPLE HOLDING SIGNS READING (English): "UNITED AGAINST ALL TERROR", AND FLOWERS, ENTERING MUSLIM WELFARE HOUSE BANNER READING (English): "WE STAND TOGETHER" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING IN COURTYARD ENTRANCE TO BUILDING PEOPLE HOLDING SIGNS READING (English): "UNITED AGAINST ALL TERROR" CLOSE OF SIGN PEOPLE COMING OUT OF MUSLIM WELFARE HOUSE, BEING HANDED FLOWERS VIEW OF WALL WITH SIGNS READING (English): "UNITED AGAINST ALL TERROR" CLOSE OF HAND-DRAWN SIGN READING (English): "LONDON. WE WILL STAND TOGETHER" SIGNS ON WALL BRENDAN COX, WIDOWER OF JO COX, LEAVING WOMAN WIPING AWAY TEARS LONDON MAYOR, SADIQ KHAN, BEING GIVEN FLOWERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) LONDON MAYOR, SADIQ KHAN SAYING: "One of the things that all these terrorists share is a perverse ideology that wants to fuel division and divide our communities. We're not going to let them. And what you've seen over the last 24 hours is Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, those members of an organised faith, and those who aren't, rich, poor, old, young, coming together and saying "not in our name, we will not let you divide us, we will be stronger". So thank you all very much for coming. Make sure that we remember that these terrorists, whatever their inspiration is, don't speak for the vast, vast majority of people" PEOPLE LOOKING AT FLOWERS AND TRIBUTES AT THE SCENE OF THE ATTACK SIGN READING (English) "ONE COMMUNITY STANDING TOGETHER" CLOSE OF FLOWERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL RESIDENT, FUAD HALANE, SAYING: "I didn't surprise anyway because I knew something... hatred, Islamaphobia is everywhere these days and, you know, I was expecting something would come out because, Manchester attack and all this, I had a calculation that something would happen... Just understanding maybe something is coming." VARIOUS OF FLOWERS, CANDLES AND MESSAGES ON GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF FINSBURY PARK MOSQUE, MOHAMMED KOZBAR, SAYING; "We've seen the prime minister coming today to visit Finsbury Park Mosque and meet with us and listen to our concern, and promise that she will take some action, actually, to protect our community, and to try to tackle the disease called Islamaphobia." CLOSE OF CANDLES ON GROUND
  • Embargoed: 4th July 2017 00:32
  • Keywords: London mosque attack Seven Sisters attack vigil mosque Sadiq Khan flowers
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016LY4NYF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined Muslim worshippers on Monday evening (June 19), less than 24 hours after a man driving a van had targeted a group leaving the same centre in north London, and praised the city's response to the attack.
    After attending prayers at the Muslim Welfare House, near Finsbury Park Mosque, Khan said London would not allow any such action to divide communities.
    "What you've seen over the last 24 hours is Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, those members of an organised faith, and those who aren't, rich, poor, old, young, coming together and saying 'not in our name, we will not let you divide us, we will be stronger'" said Khan.
    People gathered on Monday evening to hand flowers to those attending special prayers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and held signs saying, 'United Against All Terror'.
    One worshipper told Reuters that he was not surprised by the attack as he felt "hatred, Islamaphobia is everywhere these days."
    The Chairman of Finsbury Park Mosque, Mohammed Kozbar, said he had raised this concern with Prime Minister Theresa May during her visit and had been promised action to protect the community.
    The attack, in the early hours of Monday, injured 11 people, two seriously.
    The driver of the van, a 47-year-old white man, was grabbed at the scene by locals and pinned down until police arrived.
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