Female suspect arrested for driving into Muslim worshippers in UK

On June 25, British police announced that they had arrested a 42-year-old woman suspected of being involved in a car crash into a crowd in the northeastern city of Newcastle, but said the incident was not related to terrorism.

Police investigate the car that caused the incident. Source: theguardian.com

Northumberland Police said they believed "this was not a terrorist attack."

A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service said they received information at around 9:15 a.m. the same day (around 3:15 p.m. Vietnam time) that a car had driven onto the pavement outside the Westgate Sports Center and hit a group of worshippers who were leaving after performing prayers marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

The incident injured six people, including three adults and three children, including an eight-year-old boy in critical condition.

According to witnesses, a car parked nearby suddenly accelerated and crashed into a group of believers walking on the sidewalk.

Previously, on June 19, a white van plowed into a crowd leaving the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, killing one person and injuring 11 others./.

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