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Canada truck attack suspect charged with terrorism
Source: BBC
Canada truck attack suspect charged with terrorism
14 June 2021
Canada's attorney general has approved terror charges against a man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family with his vehicle in London, Ontario.
London police have said that Nathaniel Veltman, 20, intentionally targeted the family because of their faith, running them over in a "premeditated" attack.
Mr Veltman also faces four first-degree murder charges and one attempted murder charge.
Three generations of the Afzaal family were killed, leaving just one survivor.
Salman Afzaal, 46, Madiha Salman, 44, Yumna Afzaal, 15, and Mr Afzaal's mother, 74, were killed while on an evening walk on 6 June. The family's nine-year-old son was the only survivor, and remains in hospital with serious injuries.
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14 June 2021
Canada's attorney general has approved terror charges against a man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family with his vehicle in London, Ontario.
London police have said that Nathaniel Veltman, 20, intentionally targeted the family because of their faith, running them over in a "premeditated" attack.
Mr Veltman also faces four first-degree murder charges and one attempted murder charge.
Three generations of the Afzaal family were killed, leaving just one survivor.
Salman Afzaal, 46, Madiha Salman, 44, Yumna Afzaal, 15, and Mr Afzaal's mother, 74, were killed while on an evening walk on 6 June. The family's nine-year-old son was the only survivor, and remains in hospital with serious injuries.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57474745