Police were called to a mosque in Park Road, NW8, at 15.10hrs on Thursday, 20 February, to reports of a stabbing.
Officers attended along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service (LAS). A man, in his 70s, was found with stab injuries.
He was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital. His condition has been assessed as non life-threatening.
A 29-year-old man, who is believed to have been attending prayers, was arrested inside the mosque on suspicion of attempted murder. He has been taken into custody at a central London police station.
A crime scene has been put in place. Enquiries continue.
The incident is not being treated as terror-related at this time.
We welcome you to contact us with any community concerns or sentiment about this incident or yesterday’s attack in Germany. This information can help CTP and local police to safeguard and reassure the public.
Some practical ways in which you can help, would be to contact your communities with key messages to build resilience and awareness:
1. For anything immediately concerning contact 101 or an emergency situation to 999
2. Report suspicious behaviour online, which is not immediately concerning www.act.campaign.gov.uk
3. For further information about Prevent go to the www.ltai.info
4. Follow @TerrorismPolice and @NatCoordPrevent on Twitter
5. Security at mosques – The National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) has guidance with protective security advice covering a range of places including places of worship as a specific sector. It can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crowded-places-guidance
6. How to deal with hate speech and crime – Please report any incidents to the police – call 999 in an emergency or 101 for a non-emergency. You can also report online through the dedicated police hate crime reporting site True Vision (http://report-it.org.uk/home), or via a third party reporting centre such as Stop Hate UK or Tell Mama.
