London mosque attack driver charged with terrorism-related murder

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LONDON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The man arrested after a van ploughed into worshippers close to the Finsbury Park Mosque here on Monday was charged Friday with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder.

London Metropolitan Police said Darren John Osborne, 47, from Cardiff, was charged after an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command following the terrorist attack in Seven Sisters Road, London shortly after midnight.

One man died and nine others were taken to hospital after the attack. The victim was named as 51-year-old Makram Ali, from Haringey, who had come to Britain from Bangladesh when he was ten.

Osborne was being held in police custody until his appearance Friday before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Enditem

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