A GUNNEDAH man has shared his story of being among the first responders to the latest terror attack in London that killed at least one person.
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Twenty-four-year-old Tim Jones, a paramedic living and working in London since February 2016, was the second member of the Ambulance Service on scene after the June 19 incident at Finsbury Park, north London.
One person died and several others were injured when a white van rammed into worshippers leaving a mosque.
The driver of the van is reported to have screamed "I'm going to kill all Muslims" before he was tackled to the floor and detained.
Mr Jones said the large crowd was distressed when he arrived as a responding paramedic on scene.
“I was second member of the Ambulance Service on scene after the incident,” he said.
“I was working as a solo responder at the time.
“First on scene for the Ambulance Service was an Incident Response Officer.”
The Muslim Council of Britain said the van hit people outside Finsbury Park Tube station as they were leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque, one of Britain's largest.
The attack comes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when people attend prayers at night.
The alleged attacker has since been identified as 47-year-old father of four Darren Osborne from Cardiff, Wales.
“When I arrived on scene there was a large, distressed crowd,” Mr Jones said.
“Although there was a lot of commotion, the members of the public were very helpful in what was a very upsetting time for the community.
“Metropolitan police were busy seeing to the injured, and controlling the area.
“The police were incredible at the scene. My thoughts go out to the members of the public who were affected by the incident.”
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said hatred and evil will never succeed, as she spoke to the media after the attack.
"This morning, our country woke to news of another terrorist attack on the streets of our capital city: the second this month and every bit as sickening as those which have come before," she said.
Mr Jones gained employment as a paramedic in London under a recruitment drive in 2015 during his final year of university.
“The London Ambulance Service has been recruiting Australian paramedic university graduates and fully qualified paramedics for the past four years or so,” he said.
- With The Sydney Morning Herald