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The attack occurred during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as worshippers were breaking Ramadan fast. One person is dead and eight others were taken to hospitals with varying injuries. The suspect, 47-year-old Darren Osborne of Cardiff in Wales,聽allegedly shouted, 鈥淚 want to kill all Muslims,鈥� before being detained by members of the public and subsequently arrested by police. Authorities are calling this an act of terror.

• All of those injured were Muslims and the attack took place outside of the Muslim Welfare House, a building just down the street from the Finsbury Park Mosque.
• British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a statement to the press saying, 鈥淭his was an attack on Muslims near their place of worship... And like all acts of terrorism it seeks to drive us apart.鈥�
• Mohammed Mahmoud, the imam at the Finsbury Park Mosque the suspect from angry worshippers who had just witnessed the attack. 鈥淒o not touch him,鈥� Mahmoud told the crowd.
• The UK Security Minister, Ben Wallace, has told media 鈥淭his man was not known to the authorities in the space of extremism or far-right extremism.鈥� Wallace also noted, 鈥淲e are aware of a rise in the far right.鈥�
• The attack comes three days after the one-year anniversary of the murder of British Member of Parliament Jo Cox, by right-wing extremist Thomas Mair.

The attack has all the hallmarks on an anti-Muslim hate crime. As in the U.S., hate crimes against Muslims and those perceived to be are on the rise in the U.K. Fiyaz Mughal, head of , a group that tracks anti-Muslim crimes, was on Radio 4 on Monday morning describing the rise in anti-Muslim incidents following the recent terrorist attacks, stating that his group was 鈥渆xpecting something to happen.鈥� Mughal was just at the Finsbury Park Mosque on Friday, reminding congregants to report anti-Muslim hate incidents.

As in the US, rightwing extremist groups in the UK have been fixated on anti-Muslim bigotry in recent years. Britain First, one of the UK鈥檚 most active groups was in the news recently when its leader, Paul Golding, was goading Muslims outside of the East London Mosque. Congregants were preparing for prayers and also raising money for the victims of a devastating and deadly fire at the Grenfell Tower housing complex in the area. In one video, Golding can be seen stating, 鈥淭his used to be our area, it will be our area once again.鈥�

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The attack in Finsbury Park comes just two weeks after one of the largest far-right demonstrations in the UK in recent years,聽 to the anti-fascist group HOPE Not Hate (HNH). The event in Manchester was organized by Stephen Lennon, who goes by Tommy Robinson, an outspoken anti-Muslim activist and former head of the far-right English Defense League (EDL). According to HNH, between 1,000 and 2,000 people attended the event on June 6, which attracted a number of other far-right groups.

The Guardian another right group, the National Front (NF) for comment on the attacker, who apparently rented the van used in the attack from the town of Pontyclun in Wales. NF鈥檚 Adam Lloyd told the Guardian that the attacker was not connected to the group and then went on to state, 鈥淎lthough we will never condone or accept this kind of violent attacks here in SWNF, anyone with a right mind can see this is not a terrorist attack but a revenge attack鈥� before saying, 鈥渋ncidents like this are only going to increase as two different cultures clash thanks to the failed multicultural and multiracial experiment forced on us by successive corrupt governments.鈥� This response is similar to reaction from other far-right groups based in the U.K.

The Guardian also with Shaukat Warraich of Faith Associates in the UK who talked about the far-right鈥檚 targeting of mosques, stating:聽

鈥淲e have spoken to people that have left the far-right and the far-right have openly told us that they see mosques as easy targets. They have been surveilling mosques, watching them, seeing what time they pray. Especially if there is a pub across the road, they have been watching them.鈥澛�

鲍辫诲补迟别:听

On the Facebook pages of the UK鈥檚 far-right groups, many were in celebratory mood. On Britain First鈥檚 page, the comment section following the posting of a 鈥渞aw footage鈥� video after the attack was full of anti-Muslim commentary:

鈥淲hat鈥檚 wrong with this man. Why didn鈥檛 he get a bigger van.鈥�

鈥淢ay I suggest a soundtrack of Queens great rock hit Another one bites the dust."

鈥淵aaaaaaay lets all open a bottle of [sic] champaign."

"FIRE WITH FIRE THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE. OF THIS. CAN'T SAY I BLAME THEM.鈥�

鈥淔ree the Finsbury Park hero."

On the Facebook page EDL English Defense League Street Movement, a picture of a van with the tasteless meme 鈥淚s This the Month of Ramadan or Ramavan鈥� was posted, but the majority of the comments condemned the meme. 聽On the official page of the extremist British National Party (BNP), an article by the group following the attack called 鈥淐ue Operation Muslim Appeasement鈥� had predictable comments:聽

"If you don't protect your citizens eventually they will protect themselves...did they really think no one would fight the invasion?"

"One courageous man stood up for his country as a payback, what politicians are not doing to protect the people of England."聽

鲍辫诲补迟别:听

According to multiple sources, the suspect is Darren Osborne, a 47-year-old from Cardiff in Wales. Very little about Osborne鈥檚 beliefs and connections is聽known. It does not appear that he has a social media footprint or connections to far-right groups. Family members say聽Osborne is not a racist聽but his next-door neighbors, who are Muslim, claimed he racially abused the family鈥檚 son over the weekend, calling him 鈥渋n-bred,鈥� to The Guardian.聽

This post will be updated.

Photo: AP/Tim Ireland