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A preliminary postmortem examination has found that Makram Ali, 51, a victim of the terrorist attack in Finsbury Park on Monday, died as a result of multiple injuries, Scotland Yard said. Tests ordered by detectives investigating the Finsbury Park terror attack have found that a man who lost his life died from multiple injuries.
More details soon … Makram Ali, 51, had been taken ill in the street just before the attack, and people had rushed to help him. Then a van ploughed into the crowd, just after midnight on Monday.
Police were waiting to find out whether Ali’s death was linked to the van attack. On Thursday the Metropolitan police said: “A special postmortem examination was carried out on Monday, 19 June at the Whittington hospital. Preliminary findings are that Mr Ali died of multiple injuries.”
Detectives continue to hold and question a suspect, Darren Osborne, 47, who has been arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and terrorism offences.
Eleven people were injured when a van ploughed into worshippers as they left the mosque in north London in the early hours of Monday. Two victims were treated at the scene and nine were taken to hospital. The Met said four patients remain in hospital, two of whom were receiving critical care. Ali was pronounced dead at the scene at 1am.
On Wednesday the Met commissioner, Cressida Dick, said a special postmortem examination had been carried out to determine the cause of the 51-year-old’s death and what part, if any, the attack by the van had played.
Police have been receiving advice from lawyers from the Crown Prosecution Service’s counter-terrorism division about the scope of the investigation and what charges should be considered.
Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command on Tuesday obtained a warrant for Osborne’s continued detention until just before 1am on Saturday. They then either can release him, apply for a further extension, or charge him.