Why
people are
calling on
'clean-shaven white men' to
condemn London mosque attack
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An incident near Finsbury Park
mosque in
London in which a man died and 10
people were injured after a man drove a van into worshippers is being treated as a "terrorist attack," Met Police
confirmed.*
The first media reports were naturally wary of describing it as a terror incident — the headline on the
first BBC story was "Vehicle hits pedestrians in Finsbury Park" — as they were waiting for more details to trickle in.*
SEE ALSO:
J.K. Rowling made a huge correction to this 'Daily Mail' headline
However, one media organisation overreached with a really weird tweet: "Clean-shaven
white man arrested by police as at least 10
people are injured."*
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