London Ambulance Service has now said it took nine people to three hospitals in the capital - earlier it said the number was eight.

"We were called to the incident at 00:15 BST and sent over 60 of our medics including ambulance crews, advanced paramedics, specialist response teams and an advanced trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance.

"The first of our medics arrived within 14 minutes of the first emergency call."

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The government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said it is right for counter-terrorism police to be investigating the attack.

Max Hill talks about the difference between the attack in Finsbury Park and the three which preceded it, namely Westminster Bridge, Manchester Arena and London Bridge.

He said: "The difference is not between crime and terrorism, but between dead attackers who cannot stand trial as opposed to one who was taken into custody so we all await a charging decision and any trial thereafter.

"However, as has already been made clear by the Metropolitan Police and by the home secretary, this incident is being investigated by the counter terrorism command, and rightly so.

"If evidence proves that what happened last night amounted to the "use or threat of action…designed to influence…a section of the public…for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause"...then that is terrorism.

"Muslim worshippers leaving the mosque after prayers during the holy month of Ramadan are unquestionably part of the British public."

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The Mayor of London said: "Our police and others are working their socks off working around the clock. You will see additional visible policing over the course of today and the next few days, don't be alarmed they're there to keep us safe.

"One of the things these terrorists hate about us is whether you're a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Bhuddist, a Sikh, member of an organised faith or not, rich or poor, old or young, you're accepted for who you here in London."

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The investigation continues in the Finsbury Park area.

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Mohammed Mahmoud, Imam at the Muslim Welfare House, added: "We just hope that in times of tragedy people come together and unite.

"It was actually touching, my neighbours woke us up this morning just to give us their support and to say they were there for us - our non-Muslim neighbours.

"It's proof that the fabric of this society is not torn but we have to continue to keep the fabric of society and this community of London in tact and come together like we did for the Great Get together on Saturday and others in the future."

An eyewitness, Chris Norris, has told the BBC a man was dragged underneath the van during the attack.

He said he was on the scene "about 20 seconds" after the van collided with barriers, near Finsbury Park Mosque.

The first thing he saw was two men trying to lift the van up to free the victim, and he said a group of about 20 people managed to eventually lift it.

He said the man was left seriously injured and was bleeding from his ear.

Mohammed Mahmoud, the imam at the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park, has been talking about how a group of Muslim leaders protected the attacker from reprisal attacks while police arrived.

He said a group of people tried to attack the man - who has since been arrested - before police arrived.

"We managed to surround him and protect him from harm. We stopped all forms of attack and abuse toward him before the police arrived to take him into custody."

He said worshipers had flagged down a police van that was passing the scene "by coincidence".

The imam said the white rental van had dragged two people underneath it before it stopped.

Asked whether he knew whether the man who died has died as a result of the attack, given that he was already on the ground receiving first aid, he said it would be down to the coroner to decide that after post-mortem examinations take place.

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Security Minister Ben Wallace has said the government has "put a lot more effort" into countering anti-Muslim attacks than it has previously.

The Conservative MP said "we prosecuted 15,000 people last year for hate-related crimes".

He added that there had been an "increase in people" being referred to the government's counter-terrorism programmes Prevent and Channel for far-right views.

Theresa May has now left Finsbury Park Mosque and she spoke to reporters as she left to say there was "no place for this hatred in our country".

"The terrible terrorist attack which took place last night was an evil borne out of hatred and it has devastated a community," she added.

"I am pleased to have been here today to see the strength of that community coming together, all faiths united in one desire to see extremism and hatred of all sorts driven out of our society.

"There is no place for this hatred in our country today and we need to work together as one society, one community, to drive it out, this evil which is affecting so many families."

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Asked if he feared police in London were currently overstretched, Mr Khan added: "I've been saying for 13 months now that I'm concerned about the resources the Met Police and others have.

"My message to the government is: Your plan is to make further cuts of £400m - don't do it."

He said the Met would be calling officers off leave to boost numbers, saying there would be increased police presence across London - particularly in areas where there are large Muslim populations and big mosques.

Mr Khan says the Finsbury Park attack was "truly horrific".

He says the attacker shared the same motivation of those behind recent attacks in Manchester, London Bridge and Westminster Bridge.

"They are all an attack on our shared values of tolerance, of freedom and respect," he said.

He said London had experienced a "terrible few weeks", coming after those attacks and the Grenfell Tower fire.

"We will stay a strong city, we will ensure we are not cowed by terrorism. We are united and we will stay a united city," he added.

London mayor Sadiq Khan and Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick are speaking outside the mosque.

Ms Dick speaks first and says the attack was "a terrible, terrible attack".

She says it was "quite clearly" an attack on Muslims and that police are treating it as a terrorist attack".

She says "people in the Muslim community, attending prayers, will see their police protecting them in coming days".

This was the scene at Finsbury Park Mosque when the prime minister arrived to meet religious leaders at around 13:00 BST.

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Theresa May is currently at Finsbury Park Mosque, having arrived shortly after 13:00 BST.

Inside she has met with representatives from a variety of faiths. One Muslim man told her the centre had become a place which transcended religion and was used by the whole community.

"It is a sad moment to meet you in these circumstances," he said. He added that mosques had played a "huge" role in helping to tackle extremism in the area.

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Kevin Hurley, formerly the head of counter-terrorism head at the City of London Police, says increasing police patrols at mosques won't make much difference, despite Theresa May's promise to increase security around mosques.

He told the BBC News Channel: "That's a nice soundbite, but to be quite clear about it, there are more than 500 mosques in London alone, and hundreds and hundreds of Muslim centres so it is simply not realistic to have officers outside all of them, and of course in this type of attack, people patrolling on the street are completely ineffective.

"The only way you can stop someone in a vehicle like this is with barriers and in extremis being able to shoot them by reacting immediately"

Security Minister Ben Wallace has told the BBC Radio 4's The World at One the suspect in the attack near Finsbury Park Mosque was not known to the security services.