After the tragedy of Grenfell Tower, another tragedy has stricken London last night, when a terrorist slammed Muslims outside the mosque where they were peacefully offering their late night prayers. In a press conference, the home secretary Amber Rudd has said, "We must not let hate win. It is vital, now more than ever, that we stand together and do not allow people who seek to use hate to divide us to succeed. British Muslims deserve full protection, and they will get it"
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In the midst of all the chaos and turbulence surging through the crowd on Monday, when a van plowed into the worshippers outside the mosque, the Imam of the masjid stepped forward to calm the angry crowd and to save the suspect from the angry people. Many people are considering this act of the Imam heroic as he protected the person who just killed many people as he slammed his van onto the worshippers as Muslims were offering their late night Ramazan prayers and helped to keep the angry mob at bay, minutes after the incident.
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Imam Mohammed Mahmoud the Masjid Imam, who helped in protecting the suspect in a press conference said " “By God’s grace, we were able to protect him from harm, So we pushed people away from him until he was safely taken by police into custody and put into the back of the van. And that’s all that we did. It wasn’t me alone, there were a group of brothers."
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In a statement, one witness says when the crowd was approaching the suspect Masjid Imam stepped in front of the suspect and said: "Don't touch him". Mohammad was then joined by other people who helped to form a ring around the suspect and helped to contain him until the police arrived and took him away.
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The suspect has been recognized as Darren Osborne, 47-year-old who lives in Cardiff.In a statement on behalf of his family, Darren Osborne’s nephew Ellis Osborne, 26, has said, " We are massively shocked and devastated for the families. Our hearts go out to the people who have been injured"
Mother of the suspect have also reacted in a similar manner and is in a state of shock.“Oh God... you just can’t imagine.” Breaking down in tears, she added: “I just can’t talk about it, I just don’t know.” She said the last time she saw him was about a month ago. When asked about his son's behavior she said “No, none whatsoever. Nothing at all.” She described her son as being a “complex” person but said, “that’s all I can say”. She said:
I’m not going to defend him, but he’s my son and it’s a terrible, terrible shock.It’s not just robbing a bank, it’s an atrocity. And at this moment in time, I can’t cope with it, I can’t. I don’t want to say anything more.
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In the memory of the victims and for the support of the Muslim community a vigil was held in the morning and a lot of people gathered outside and observed a moment of silence in respect of the victims and held placards and flowers to show support and love for the Muslim community.
The home secretary, Amber Rudd, has said "We must not let hate win. It is vital, now more than ever, that we stand together and do not allow people who seek to use hate to divide us to succeed. I have been saddened to see suggestions that this cowardly crime is not being dealt with in the same way as the Westminster Bridge, Manchester or London Bridge attacks. Let there be no doubt this attack is every bit as horrifying as the others we have seen. Our grief is no less raw. When this van targeted innocent people tending to a man who had been taken ill, police were on the scene and responded within one minute. Within eight minutes they had declared it a terrorist attack."