Car plows into Muslim worshippers in UK's Newcastle

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) - Six people, including three children were injured when a car plowed into a crowd of Muslim worshippers as they left a sports center after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers in the northern English city of Newcastle on Sunday morning, police said.

The latest incident comes just days after the Finsbury Park suspected Islamophobic terror attack when a white male rammed his van through worshippers outside a mosque.

Emergency services were called to the scene in Newcastle shortly after 9 a.m. (0800GMT), according to the Northumbria police authorities, which confirmed that six people had been injured.

“On Sunday June 25, at approx 9.14am Northumbria Police received reports that a vehicle had collided with pedestrians outside of Westgate Sports Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne,” a police statement said.

“Police enquiries are on-going to establish exactly what happened but, at this time, it is not believed to be a terror incident,” it said, adding that a 42-year-old female had been arrested.

On June 19, a 47-year-old white male in a van allegedly ran over a group of Muslims outside a mosque in Finsbury Park, North London.

Makram Ali, a father of six, was killed in the alleged Islamophobic terror attack; 11 people were injured, two others critically in the incident.

The Finsbury Park attack suspect, Darren Osborne, was charged with terrorism related murder and attempted murder.