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Four family members who were out for a walk are dead, and a fifth in hospital, after a man drove into them deliberately – an act London, Ontario police say was motivated by racist hatred.
Husband and wife Salman Afzaal, 46, and Madiha Salman, 44
Their daughter Yumna Salman, 15
Mr. Afzaal’s mother, 74
The survivor was the couple’s nine-year-old son, Fayez Salman, the statement said, adding that he was “on the road to recovery from serious injuries.”
Police say a 20-year-old London, Ont., man deliberately struck down five members of a Muslim family with his truck in a hate-motivated act of mass murder, an attack that prompted an outpouring of grief and calls for the accused to face terrorism charges.
The family of five had been out for an evening walk, and were waiting to cross the street when police say the truck mounted the curb and struck them.
Four of the family members – a 74-year-old woman, a 46-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and a 15- year-old girl – died on Sunday evening. The lone survivor, a nine-year-old boy, remains in hospital.
Nathaniel Veltman, 20, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder.
Police say a 20-year-old London, Ont., man deliberately struck down five members of a Muslim family with his truck in a hate-motivated act of mass murder, an attack that prompted an outpouring of grief and calls for the accused to face terrorism charges.
The family of five had been out for an evening walk, and were waiting to cross the street when police say the truck mounted the curb and struck them.
Four of the family members – a 74-year-old woman, a 46-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and a 15- year-old girl – died on Sunday evening. The lone survivor, a nine-year-old boy, remains in hospital.
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