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Finsbury Park van attacker: 'Darren? He's a bloody psycho': Ex-friends say dad-of-four terror suspect who split from partner six months ago is a heavy-drinking brawler who was thrown out of pub for cursing Muslims day before attack
| Attempted suicide by cop with a Muslim escort after his life fell apart? |
[DailyMail] - The 47-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder and terror charges is named as Darren Osborne, from Cardiff
- He is accused of driving van into crowd outside Muslim Welfare House near Finsbury Park Mosque at 12.20am
- Father-of-four was born in Singapore but grew up in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and now lives in Cardiff
- White suspect 'yelled: 'I'm going to kill all Muslims - I did my bit' and smiled, waved and blew kisses at public'
- Imam and other worshippers pinned him down as he urged them to kill him but they kept him there until arrest
- Drinkers in his local pub in Cardiff have this evening claimed he was thrown out on Saturday after being drunk
- Muslims were leaving taraweeh, late night prayers observed during the festival of Ramadan when the van hit
- One confirmed fatality is a man who was receiving first aid from members of the public at a bus stop nearby
- In the months before the alleged terrorist attack, jobless mechanic Osborne was on a downward spiral and his relationship with the mother of his children was on the rocks, locals said.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-20 |
