2019 East London mosque shooting

East London mosque shooting, the Seven Kings mosque, happened in Ilford at 22:45 on 7 May 2019. When the shooting sound came inside the Seven Kings Mosque, Muslims were praying there. In Sri Lanka terrorist attack, April 2019, about 260 people killed in suicide bombing attack on churches. Scotland Yard said, investigations showed that the handgun had been discharged and the shooting incident remembered an earlier terrorist incident in the London. Police said. A shot was then heard at 10.45pm and we are looking for the suspect of firing a shot outside the mosque.But the Seven Kings Mosque incident comes two months after the Christchurch massacre and raised fears of a copycat attack in London.
Worshipper Abdul Ahad wrote on Facebook: ‘A masked man entered the masjid during taraweeh prayers. We heard one bullet shot sound, Alhamdulillah no one injured, and the shooter ran away.’<ref name='DM'/>
Finally, Scotland Yard investigations considered the gun shooting which conducted by anonymous masked shooter, as a non-terrorist attack. The police forces said, no one injured or no damage to the mosque building were reported. The detectives didn't sort the incident as terrorist attack or hate crime.<ref name'Tel'/> The gunman run away from the scene and it's alive, the mosque prayers have worried about the incident consequences.<ref name'I'/><ref name='S'/>
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The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said, he heard about the incident by the Met police commissioner, Cressida Dick, and listening to community leaders. It's good that hearing nobody was injured. The incident would have frightened worshippers during Ramadan, after the Christchurch attacks.<ref name='Gau'/>
Mr Hussain, an apprentice data analyst at one of the Big Four city firms, said the mosque incident concerned him over the safety of muslim during Ramadan. I'm thinking about Christchurch incident, it's crazy to think that incident would happen in London. Another worrying things is that the masked man was on foot, so he could attack again. We don't know what was the gunman goal, many Muslims live in that area and this could be dangerous for them.<ref name='I'/>
The mosque's imam, Mufti Suhail, said, "Outside the Seven Kings Mosque happened a shooting incident tonight during night prayers. The suspect ran away from the mosque location when stopped by guard resistance at the mosque. A shot was fired and no one injured, thank God."<ref name'I'/><ref name'S'/>
Ilford North MP Wes Streeting tweeted, "I will helping the police about the mosque incident. I know the reports about a masked gunman who entered Seven Kings Mosque during night. He left the scene and nobody have been hurt. Thank you to @MPSRedbridge for answering".<ref name'I'/><ref name'S'/>
Scotland Yard said, "the criminal investigation started by detectives from the East Area Command Unit, however the Trident gang squad had been notified. Reports says no one injured and no damage to the mosque building happened. Evidence shows that the gunman used a blank firing handgun. Officers will working closely with the local community and people who lives there to arrest suspect."<ref name'I'/><ref name'S'/>

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