The Finsbury Park mosque incident is the latest in a year from hell for London. Picture: AFP

The Finsbury Park Mosque attack, which has left up to 10 people injured, is the latest incident to shake Britain in what’s been the year from hell.

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Chilling eyewitness accounts described the incident as “something from a horror movie”. One witness told LBC radio a van had “slowly and intentionally accelerated into a crowded cafe outside a mosque” while other reports claimed at least one person was stabbed when a man with a knife jumped out of the van. Details of the attack are yet to be confirmed by authorities.

Local people observe prayers at Finsbury Park, where a vehicle struck pedestrians. Picture: APSource:AP

An armed police officer mans a cordon on the Seven Sisters Road at Finsbury Park. Picture: APSource:AP

If the country wasn’t at breaking point before, it surely is now. It’s deja vu for British Prime Minister Theresa May, who must once again face heartbroken members of the public and urge them to remain strong despite everything that has befallen them.

It’s a depressingly familiar story as Britain continues to battle a new wave of “brutal terror”.

GRENFELL TOWER INFERNO

While not terror related, last week’s Grenfell Tower tragedy was in no way lessened.

As police continue their investigation into their inferno that killed at least 58 people, experts fear materials used in the exterior cladding may have caused flames to spread quickly up the 24-storey building.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said over the weekend the fatal blaze was entirely preventable. He said residents were “angry not simply at the poor response in the days afterwards from the council and the government, but the years of neglect from the council and successive governments”.

At least 58 people perished in the blaze. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

Meanwhile, Metropolitan Police released harrowing images from inside the burnt-out building as Commander Stuart Cundy said some of the victims may never be identified.

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LONDON BRIDGE RAMPAGE

Last month, almost two weeks after the Manchester Arena bombing, eight people were killed and 48 injured when three knife-wielding assailants in fake suicide vests mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge.

The men sped across the bridge in a white van, ramming numerous pedestrians before emerging with large hunting knives for a rampage at bars and restaurants in the capital’s Borough Market.

LONDON TERROR: Frenzied stabbing in Borough Market

Eight armed officers chased down the attackers, shooting them to death in a matter of minutes.

Two Australian women, Sara Zelenak, 21, and Kirsty Boden, 28, were among the victims stabbed to death. The Islamic State claimed responsibility, saying it had been carried out by a “detachment of Islamic State fighters”.

The assault occurred just days before the disastrous national election that resulted in a hung parliament.

One of the suspects from the London Bridge attack, wearing a fake bomb vest. Picture: Gabriele Sciotto via APSource:AP

MANCHESTER ARENA BOMBING

The Manchester Arena attack that killed 22 people, including children as young as eight, was a sickening new low, even by terrorist’s standards.

Suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a powerful bomb at the exit of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande on May 22.

The attack — the first of its kind — shocked the world with its savagery.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull slammed it as an “attack on innocence”.

“This incident, this attack, is especially vile, especially criminal, especially horrific because it appears to have been deliberately directed at teenagers,” Mr Turnbull told parliament.

“This is an attack on innocence. Surely there is no crime more reprehensible than the murder of children.”

Olivia Campbell, 15, was killed in the concert bombing. Picture: FacebookSource:Facebook

Saffie Roussos. 8, was carried out of the concert alive, but died from her injuries. Picture: FacebookSource:Facebook

US President Donald Trump said the bombing had been carried out by the “evil losers in life”.

The 23-year-old singer said she was “broken” after the attack. She has since performed in a Manchetser benefit concert featuring Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Niall Horan.

WESTMINSTER TERROR ATTACK

A man believed to be lone wolf terrorist struck the heart of London on March 22.

British-born jihadi Khalid Masood, 52, ploughed his car into scores of innocent bystanders on Westminster Bridge before running into the gates of nearby Parliament, sending it into lockdown.

Masood is treated by emergency services as knives lie on the floor outside Westminster. Picture: APSource:AP

Six people, including Masood, died during the incident. Heroic police constable Keith Palmer was also among those who were slain. Palmer was stabbed to death by Masood in the grounds of Parliament.

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His bloody rampage, from mowing down pedestrians along the bridge to stabbing Palmer and eventually being shot dead himself outside Parliament, lasted just 82 seconds.

Masood’s car ploughed into Parliament. Picture: AFP/James West TwitterSource:AFP

A woman falls off Westminster Bridge during the London terror attack. Picture: BBC NewsSource:Supplied

It was later revealed Masood was investigated by MI5 over violent extremism concerns.

“Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

“However, he was known to police and has a range of previous convictions for assaults, including GBH [grievous bodily harm], possession of offensive weapons and public order offences.”

Originally published as London’s year from hell never ends