Canada: Man faces terrorism charges in attack on Muslim family
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Police accuse Nathaniel Veltman of running down a Muslim family in London, Ontario ‘because of their Islamic faith’.
A man accused of running down a Muslim family in the Canadian city of London, Ontario, this month, killing four people including a teenage girl, now faces terrorism charges, authorities announced on Monday. The London Police Service said in a statement that Nathaniel Veltman’s four counts of first-degree murder “constitute terrorism offences” and that federal and provincial prosecutors had agreed to begin terrorism proceedings. Veltman is accused of deliberately hitting five members of the Afzaal family with a pick-up truck while they were out for an evening walk on June 6.More Related News