Britain's May heckled during visit to north London mosque

Record ID: 896025

  • Title: Britain's May heckled during visit to north London mosque
  • Date: 19th June 2017
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 19, 2017) (REUTERS) BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY GETTING INTO CAR, SECURITY AROUND HER / AUDIO OF PEOPLE SHOUTING PEOPLE HOLDING BANNER "NO TO ISLAMOPHOBIA" / MAY'S CAR DRIVING PAST / PEOPLE SHOUTING "SHAME ON YOU!" "YOU'VE GOT BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS!"
  • Embargoed: 3rd July 2017 18:06
  • Keywords: London attack Finsbury Park mosque terror
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016LY3UPZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May was heckled by protesters as she left a north London mosque on Monday (June 19).
    Holding up a banner with the message "No To Islamophobia," protesters shouted "shame on you" and "you've got blood in your hands" as May was leaving the Finsbury Park mosque.
    Early on Monday morning, a van ploughed into worshippers as they left prayers at the Muslim Welfare House and the nearby Finsbury Park Mosque, injuring ten people, in what May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims.
    The attack was the fourth since March in Britain and the third to involve a vehicle deliberately driven at pedestrians.
    It came at a tumultuous time for the government with Britain starting complex divorce talks with the European Union and May negotiating with a small Northern Irish party to stay in power after losing her parliamentary majority in a snap election that backfired.
    The mosques' worshippers, mainly from North and West Africa, had just left special prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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