Pedestrians hit by vehicle in London, several casualties reported

A Metropolitan Police officer.
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A vehicle hit several people in north London's Finsbury Park area early Monday, "leaving a number of casualties," police said.

The London Ambulance Service said it sent "a number of resources" to Seven Sisters Road, and the Metropolitan Police described what happened as a "major incident." One person has been arrested. Witnesses described watching police officers trying to revive people in the street, the BBC reports, and the Muslim Council of Britain tweeted that the people were hit outside the Muslim Welfare House, near the Finsbury Park Mosque. Police have not said if they believe this was a terror attack.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.