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6 people including 3 children were injured when a car hit a crowd celebrating the end of Ramadan in Newcastle, a city northeast England. The incident happened around 9:14 am and police said is not related to terrorism, CNN reports.
An eyewitness told the BBC news, that a woman who attended the event and Eid prayers «was about to to leave in her car and I believe she lost control. I ran up straight away because everyone was moving in on all the injured, trying to put water in their mouths».
Police said that a 42-year-old woman was arrested. According to the CNN Assistant Chief Constable Darren Best said in a statement that : «What we have established is that a 42-year-old female has been celebrating Eid with her family, she then got into her car and has collided with six people in the crowd».
The injured pedestrians were carried to the hospital while 2 of them are in a critical condition. This incident occurred while Muslims in Newcastle were celebrating the first day of Shawwal which marks the end of the holy month Ramadan.
Less than one week ago a man was killed and 11 others injured in an attack performed by a man who drove his car hitting Muslim worshipers on their way out of the Finsbury Park mosque around midnight. The attacker was charged with terrorism related murder.
