A Muslim man was attacked outside a London mosque, hours after the terrorist attack on two New Zealand mosques.
Police said the 27-year-old victim suffered injuries on the head, reports the Independent.
Witnesses said the attackers were a group of three men, who shouted Islamophobic slurs, as they drove past the mosque on Cannon Street Road.
They were calling people who came for the Friday prayers "terrorists," they added.
Some of the worshippers tried to pursue them, which prompted two of the men to attack them with what is thought to be a hammer. After the attack, they jumped into a moving car and drove off.
London police have so far been unable to detain anyone.
The attack comes less than a day after the worst terrorist attack in New Zealand, and one of the worst anti-Muslim attacks in recent memory, leaving 49 dead and scores grievously injured.
In the wake of the New Zealand attack, London police asked mosques to be on high alert against similar attacks.