Imam Mohammed Mahmoud from the Muslim Center in Finsbury Park in London, England stopped an angry crowd from harming the driver, Darren Osborne, involved in a van attack. As the crowd of people were leaving prayers, he ran over them in his van deliberately. One was killed and 8 injured. Two were seriously injured.
The driver was dragged from his van. People were hitting and kicking him. A witness went to get the Imam. He helped hold the victim down with others telling people not to touch him till the police got there. He urged calm and restraint. The driver was arrested when someone in the crowd stopped a police van and told them what happened.
Pray for the victims,their families, and their friends. If you do not pray, please keep them in your positive thoughts.
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finsbury_Park,_London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/europe/finsbury-park-hero-imam/index.html
http://ktla.com/2017/06/19/imam-hailed-as-hero-for-protecting-suspect-after-deadly-van-attack-near-london-mosque/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/19/imam-praised-for-protecting-finsbury-park-suspect-from-crowd
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/international/imam-hailed-as-hero-for-protecting-london-van-attacker
http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/imam-hailed-as-hero-for-calming-crowd-and-defending-attacker/news-story/46343335fba56ca4f5a6ba5ab7bd04f8
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/06/19/imam-hailed-as-hero-london-mosque-attack/22489519/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40332616
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