Sydney crash: Twelve injured after car smashes into hijab store in Greenacre

This shocking footage shows the moment a car crashed into a hijab shop in Sydney, injuring 12 people.

The SUV hurtled into Hijab House in Greenacre, in the west of the Australian city, at around 6am UK time (3pm local time).

Emergency services rushed to the scene where they treated the male driver and 11 pedestrians.

Those injured inside the shop were mostly women, aged between 18 and 30, the New South Wales (NSW) ambulance service confirmed.

Video shared on social media showed a dark four-wheel-drive, its tyres smoking, pushing into a white sedan before accelerating towards the glass front of the shop.

NSW police said the car crashed into another vehicle stopped at traffic lights before smashing into the clothes store.

They are now investigating whether the man had suffered a medical episode before the crash, local news outlet SBS News reported.​

The force said there is currently no indication the crash was terror-related. The driver has been arrested but there have been no charges.

"This is obviously quite chaotic, with 10 people injured and a couple of people seriously injured," a police spokesman told reporters.

"At this stage we will do some analysis on what caused it. I am grateful that no-one was killed. Very grateful."

Hijab House said its community had been left shaken.

It said in a Facebook statement: "At approximately 3pm today; a car slammed into our Flagship Store in Greenacre. Alhamdullilah, there are no fatalities at this stage.

"A number of our customers and staff members were injured.

"The community is shaken and HH management is working to make sense of this tragedy.

"At this stage motives are unknown. The important thing is everyone is still alive.

"Please avoid the area if you can and if anyone needs support or has questions, feel free to DM or email us. On behalf of everyone at HH, we send our love and dua to all involved including our beautiful staff and customers. #allahuakbar."

The incident occurred just days before the start of Eid al-Fitr, the religious holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world that marks the end of Ramadan.

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