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An incident near Finsbury Park Mosque in London in which a man died and Six Swedish Girls at a Pump (High Test Girls10 people were injured after a man drove a van into worshippers is being treated as a "terrorist attack," Met Police confirmed.

The first media reports were naturally wary of describing it as a terror incident -- the headline on the first BBCstory was "Vehicle hits pedestrians in Finsbury Park" -- as they were waiting for more details to trickle in.

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However, one media organisation overreached with a really weird tweet: "Clean-shaven white man arrested by police as at least 10 people are injured."

It was just a matter of time until people on Twitter weighed in, underlining the perceived double standard The Daily Mail and other tabloids have when reporting about Islamist attacks:

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People called on the "clean-shaven white male community" to condemn the attack, just like it routinely happens with Muslims:

Others tried to fix the headline for The Daily Mail:

Other people condemned the attack on behalf of the "clean-shaven white male" community':

While there were some people who asked important questions about his fade:


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