Somalia-born man charged with five counts of attempted murder after several people hit by car in west London

A man from Somalia has been charged with five counts of attempted murder after a car hit multiple people in west London, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

Timir Ahmed Mohamed, 34, of Grange Park, Ealing, was charged after a car struck pedestrians on Ealing Broadway.

Three people were taken to hospital at about 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon after the crash.

Beyond the attempted murder charges, other charges include dangerous driving, failing to stop, failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis, and criminal damage.

Mohamed is a Somalia-born British citzen, and has been remanded in custody to appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court today.

Two people were treated at the scene of the incident, and three were taken to hospital where their injuries were found to be non-life-threatening and non-life-changing.

A force spokesman earlier said: “Due to the nature of the incident, local officers were in contact with officers from Counter Terrorism Policing London as they conducted their initial enquiries.

"While investigators are keeping an open mind as to any potential motive, the incident is not being treated as terrorism.”

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called at 2.29pm to reports of a road traffic collision in Ealing Broadway, W5.

“We sent a number of resources, including ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars, a volunteer emergency responder crew and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.

“We treated three patients at the scene and took one of them to a major trauma centre by road as a priority. The other two patients were taken to a local hospital.”