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Four members of a Muslim family have died and a child is hospitalized after a hit-and-run in London, Ont. Sunday, in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called an act of terrorism.
Four members of a Muslim family have died and a child is hospitalized after a hit-and-run in London, Ont. Sunday, in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called an act of terrorism.
Police said Nathaniel Veltman, 20, intentionally drove a truck into the family on their way out on Sunday night and targeted them because of their faith. Veltman now faces four counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. He did not know the victims.
Police did not release the names of the victims, but a statement released by the family identifies them as Salman Afzaal, 46, his wife Madiha Salman, 44, their daughter Yumna Salman, 15, and Afzaal, 74 years old. old mother.
The couple’s nine-year-old son, Fayez, was seriously injured but is expected to survive.
Over the years, Canada has witnessed cases and allegations of terrorism, as well as cases in which politicians or legislatures have been attacked or such attacks are said to have been prepared.
June 6, 2021: The driver of a pickup truck struck three adults and two children, all members of the same Muslim family, in London, Ontario. One person died at the scene and three others died in hospital, while a nine-year-old boy was seriously injured. Police said the family were being targeted for their faith and London Mayor Ed Holder called the attack “an act of mass murder”.
April 23, 2018: 25-year-old Alek Minassian purposely drove a rental van on the sidewalk of Yonge Street in Toronto. He killed 10 people that day, including eight women, and injured 16 others, many catastrophically. In 2021, a judge found Minassian guilty of 10 counts of first degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. He argued that he should not be held criminally responsible for his actions due to his autism spectrum disorder, but the judge disagreed.
January 29, 2017: Six people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting in a mosque in Quebec. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then Premier of Quebec, Philippe Couillard, called it a terrorist attack. Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty in March 2018 to six counts of first degree murder and six of attempted murder. In February 2019, Bissonnette was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 40 years. This sentence was reduced to 25 years in 2020 due to a decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court of Canada is about to review the sentence.
August 10, 2016: Police shoot and kill terrorist suspect Aaron Driver in Strathroy, Ont., After making a video suggesting he was planning to detonate a homemade bomb in a Canadian urban center during the morning rush hour or of the afternoon. The driver detonated an explosive device in a taxi before the police killed him.
October 22, 2014: Parliament Hill security and police shoot and kill Michael Zehaf-Bibeau after he kills Canadian soldier Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial, then stormed the Parliament Buildings.
October 20, 2014: Quebec police officers shoot and kill Martin Couture-Rouleau after he threatened a policewoman with a knife. Couture-Rouleau was wanted for having overthrown Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and another soldier in Saint Jean sur Richelieu. Vincent died from his injuries.
2013: Two people are arrested and charged with conspiracy to blow up British Columbia’s legislative building amid the Canada Day festivities. In 2018, John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were cleared of terrorism charges due to the RCMP entrapment. Their lawyer says the couple are allowed to live freely after prosecutors drop their offer to restrict their movements.
2013: Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser were indicted for an allegedly al-Qaida-guided plot in Iran to attack a Via Rail / Amtrak passenger train that connects Toronto to New York. Both were convicted in 2015 of terrorism-related charges. They appealed their convictions and in 2019 the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for the men on the grounds that the jury had been improperly selected. However, the Crown successfully argued at a Supreme Court hearing last fall that the convictions should not be overturned on the basis of an error in the jury selection process that did not deny the men the right to a fair trial.
2010: Police make three arrests in connection with an alleged plot to commit terrorist acts on Canadian soil. Misbahuddin Ahmed of Ottawa was convicted of two terrorism-related offenses in July 2014. Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh pleaded guilty in September to possession of explosives with intent to harm and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. The third man arrested was acquitted of conspiracy to facilitate terrorism.
2009: Software engineer Momin Khawaja, the first person charged under the anti-terrorism law, was convicted of his role in a plot to plant fertilizer bombs in the UK. Khawaja, who is serving a life sentence, has denied the charges.
2006: Toronto Police arrested a large group of young men who were later known as Toronto 18. They were charged with conspiring to bomb targets including the Toronto Stock Exchange, CSIS headquarters and a military base. Eleven were ultimately convicted of terrorist offenses. In January 2010, one of the men, Zakaria Amara of Mississauga, Ontario, was sentenced to life in prison. Another suspect, Saad Gaya, of Oakville, Ont., Was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
1995: Quebec sovereignty supporter André Dallaire enters the Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive while Jean Chrétien and his wife sleep. He confronted Aline Chrétien at the bedroom door. She summoned gendarmes while the Prime Minister seized an Inuit sculpture in case the intruder breaks the door. Dallaire was convicted of attempted murder but was not found criminally responsible because of his mental condition.
1985: An Air India flight departing from Vancouver Airport explodes in the sky over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 329 people on board. Two Canadians were tried for the bombing, but were ultimately acquitted of the mass murder. Only one conviction was obtained in this case. Inderjit Singh Reyat, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case, was convicted of perjury in 2010.
1984: Three people are killed when the Canadian Army Supply Clerk, Denis Lortie, opens fire inside the National Assembly in Quebec in order to “destroy” Prime Minister Ren Lvesque. Lortie was convicted of first degree murder after his first trial in 1985, but a new trial was ordered due to errors made by the judge. In 1987, he pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second degree murder, which made him eligible for parole after 10 years.
1970: The October Crisis begins when the Front de liberation du Québec kidnaps British diplomat James Cross and, later, Minister of Labor Pierre Laporte. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act, which allows the government to temporarily suspend civil liberties. Cross was released 60 days later but Laporte was found dead.
1966: Paul Joseph Chartier, an unemployed security guard in Toronto with emotional problems, detonates himself with a bomb in the bathroom at the end of the hall of the public gallery of the House of Commons. His notes suggested he was planning to drop his bomb on the bedroom floor.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on June 8, 2021.
The Canadian Press
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