Finsbury Park

[cahami]

Reports of multiple people run over.

[Dynamic Space Wizard]

Where are the reports?

[craigjm]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-403229...

[dudleybloke]

https://mobile.twitter.com/BBCBreaking?ref_src=tws...

[craigjm]

Sounds like it could just be someone pissed

[dudleybloke]

Its a hired van from Pontyclun in wales.

[Moominho]

craigjm said:

Sounds like it could just be someone pissed

It sounds a bit worse that that to me...

[craigjm]

Moominho said:

It sounds a bit worse that that to me...

Really? Says one person arrested. That certainly doesn't sound like a gang of terrorists getting stabby or anything like that but who knows? Everything will be clearer in the morning. All you're gonna get now is rumours and conjecture until the met confirm it

[Moominho]

dudleybloke said:

Its a hired van from Pontyclun in wales.

Yep. They say that any publicity is good publicity, but not sure Pontyclun Van Hire will agree...

[Moominho]

craigjm said:

Really? Says one person arrested. That certainly doesn't sound like a gang of terrorists getting stabby or anything like that but who knows? Everything will be clearer in the morning. All you're gonna get now is rumours and conjecture until the met confirm it

The Met police said 'Police are on the scene and are dealing with a major incident in Seven Sisters Road' and 'Police were called just after 0020hrs 18 June to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians.

Officers are on scene with other emergency services.

There are a number of casualties being worked on at the scene.'

Sounds like more than someone who has a had a few Stella's, and then attempted to drive home from the pub...

[rscott]

Appears the driver hit multiple pedestrians leaving the mosque after night prayers and was 'detained' by locals until the police arrived.

[Mojooo]

There is a video on twitter showing 3 people injured on the pavement.

[Mojooo]

https://t.co/kSojwbe2YN

Most likely the suspect.

[RZ1]

Being reported as a major incident on BBC news.

[Colonial]

Looking like a potential terrorist attack.

I hope it is a tragic road accident though.

[unrepentant]

Sounds like a terrorist attack. Just because it's a white lunatic and the victims are Muslim doesn't make it less of a terrorist incident.

[ukaskew]

unrepentant said:

Sounds like a terrorist attack. Just because it's a white lunatic and the victims are Muslim doesn't make it less of a terrorist incident.

The Borough Market terrorist attack was a 'serious incident' for many hours at first so I'm not sure why people on social media are jumping on the wording of this incident in particular. The reporting is no different at this stage.

[Colonial]

ukaskew said:

The Borough Market terrorist attack was a 'serious incident' for many hours at first so I'm not sure why people on social media are jumping on the wording of this incident in particular. The reporting is no different at this stage.

Yep, fair point. There is no doubt, whether it is an accident or an attack, that is is serious incident.

[Gargamel]

Terrible news. I hope there are no fatalities.

[Pothole]

ukaskew said:

unrepentant said:

Sounds like a terrorist attack. Just because it's a white lunatic and the victims are Muslim doesn't make it less of a terrorist incident.

The Borough Market terrorist attack was a 'serious incident' for many hours at first so I'm not sure why people on social media are jumping on the wording of this incident in particular. The reporting is no different at this stage.

The whole attitude confuses me. Some vociferous young sounding male on the news coverage just now was shouting about it, the angle seeming to be (and this is not a quote) when non-white and/or Muslim people are involved it's a "terrorist" attack and now the offender(s) are white it's not. It's almost like the people complaining are identifying with the ethnicity and/or religion of the terrorists responsible for Manchester and London Bridge which is probably not really how they want to sound, is it? I think I understand where they're coming from but I think Grenfell Tower and the surrounding hysteria has somehow legitimised the demanding of instant updates and PR/media updates from the emergency services. Were this to happen I reckon it would ultimately be self defeating anyway. There's clearly no point in releasing information until said services are pretty sure it's reasonably accurate. I tend to agree with the designation being irrelevant, too. "Serious Incident" is a police designation used to indicate that an incident should be dealt with in a particular fashion, following a specific process with a specific chain of command needing to be established and a specific plan to be followed.

You're right about Borough Market/London Bridge. Manchester was also initially declared a "serious incident" as this Reuters link apparently confirms: Link