A man stabbed at a mosque in central London

A man was stabbed, Thursday, at a mosque in central London while preparations were being made for afternoon prayers, BBC reports.

The man, suspected of stabbing the victim, was arrested by the police inside the mosque. The victim, who is in his 70s, was taken to the hospital and his injuries are not life-threatening, the same source added.

The police is not treating the attack as terror-related. An eyewitness told BBC that the suspect «had been a regular at the mosque for several months and the man aged in his 70s had been stabbed once in the shoulder».

Miqdaad Versi, from the Muslim Council of Britain, told BBC that «it is deeply concerning that this has happened... Given other recent attacks elsewhere many Muslims are on edge».

On Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Twitter that he was «deeply saddened» by the stabbing and that his «thoughts are with the victim and all those affected».