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Man tasered after incident at London mosque

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A man has been tasered after attacking people at a London mosque, the Metropolitan Police said.

Officers said the incident at Regent’s Park mosque is not being treated as terror-related.

Police were called at around 1.20am and found the man waving “an item” which turned out to be a shoe horn.

He was Tasered, arrested on suspicion of affray and taken into custody at a central London police station.

A Met Police spokesman said: “The item being waved was found to be a shoe horn taken from the mosque.

“The incident is not being treated as terrorism-related at this time. Officers are keeping an open mind regarding any motivation for the incident.”

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There were no reports of anyone injured, he added.

Anyone with information can call Westminster police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.



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