Three children were injured in what the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Chi Onwurah, said had been called a terrible accident. Darren Best, assistant chief constable at Northumbria police, said: “At approximately 9.14am we received reports that a car had collided with pedestrians outside of Westgate sports centre, in Newcastle city centre. One of the worshippers in Newcastle told the Newcastle Chronicle what he saw. Terrorism is what everyone was thinking straight away.”The event, called Eid in the Open, had been organised by Newcastle Central mosque. In a statement on Facebook the mosque said: “Immediately after the Eid prayers when the people were starting to leave the venue, a car collided with pedestrians.

Source: The Guardian June 25, 2017 11:18 UTC