London mosque cordoned off due to police operation

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal </p> <p>LONDON (AA) – London’s central Regent’s Park Mosque was cordoned off Thursday by police after reports of stabbing on a nearby road, according to a police statement.</p> <p>Metropolitan Police (Met) said the incident was not terror related but they sealed off the mosque as they searched for suspects.</p> <p>Met said officers were called to the scene at Elmton Court, Cunningham Place in NW8 at 6.15 p.m. and the man was treated at the scene but later died.</p> <p>Muhammed Yusuf from the congregation told Anadolu Agency two suspects ran into the mosque to hide and police did not let anyone go or come out of the mosque.</p> <p>“Nobody from the mosque was hurt,” Yusuf said.</p> <p>“It [stabbing] has all happened outside the mosque,” he added.</p> <p>Armed police officers went inside the mosque and kept it closed during the operation.</p> <p>Police said “enquiries continue to trace the suspects, who fled the scene.”</p> <p>They said a crime scene is in place and no arrests have been made in an updated statement.