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Police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Alek Minassian, with no prior criminal history.<ref name=StarMostFemale /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/van-attack-that-killed-10-people-in-north-york-was-definitely-deliberate-police-1.3898123 |title=Van attack that killed 10 people in North York was 'definitely deliberate': police |website=cp24.com |publisher=[[CP24]] |date=April 23, 2018 |first1=Kayla |last1=Goodfield |first2=Codi |last2=Wilson}}</ref> It was reported that he is religiously Christian with roots to [[Armenia]].<ref>https://gulfnews.com/news/americas/canada/deadly-toronto-van-driver-what-we-know-about-alek-minassian-1.2210589</ref> According to his [[LinkedIn]] profile, he was a student at [[Seneca College]] in [[North York]] from 2011 to 2018 and lives in [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]],<ref name=:0 /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toronto-van-suspect-alek-minassian-hit-pedestrians-yonge-finch-today-2018-04-23-live-updates/|title=Toronto: Van strikes pedestrians in Toronto, killing 9 and injuring 16|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=April 23, 2018}}</ref> a suburb north of Toronto.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |title=Toronto van: Ten dead and 15 injured as pedestrians are hit |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43873804 |work=BBC News |location=London |date=April 23, 2018 |access-date=April 23, 2018}}</ref> He was a software and [[mobile app]] developer.<ref>{{cite web |website=heavy.com |url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/alek-minassian-social-media-instagram-facebook/|title=Alek Minassian's Social Media: What's Known So Far|first=Effie|last=Orfanides|date=April 23, 2018|publisher=}}</ref> His former classmates at [[Thornlea Secondary School]] described him as "not overly social" and "harmless".<ref name="cbc-20180423-0012">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-van-attack-driver-profile-alek-minassian-1.4632435|title=What we know about Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack|date=April 23, 2018|work=CBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/news/americas/canada/deadly-toronto-van-driver-what-we-know-about-alek-minassian-1.2210589|title=Deadly Toronto van driver: What we know about Alek Minassian|last=Agencies|date=April 24, 2018|work=GulfNews|access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> In late 2017, he enlisted in the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] for two months, before requesting voluntary release after 16 days of recruit training.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4162755/toronto-van-attack-alek-minassian/|title=Toronto van attack: What we know about suspect Alek Minassian|last=Frisk|first=Adam|date=April 24, 2018|work=Global News|access-date=April 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref> |
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Following the attack, a [[Facebook]] post attributed to Minassian circulated online which indicated he may have identified himself as an [[Involuntary celibacy|incel]] ("involuntary celibate").<ref name="cbc-20180423-001">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-van-attack-driver-profile-alek-minassian-1.4632435 |title=What we know about Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack |date=April 23, 2018 |work=CBC |access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4633051/why-some-incels-are-celebrating-toronto-s-van-attack-suspect-1.4633057 |title=Why some 'incels' are celebrating accused in Toronto van attack |website=CBC |access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> The incel subculture consists of online communities, primarily made up of men, whose members define themselves by criticizing womenhood.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mezzofiore|first1=Gianluca|title=The Toronto suspect apparently posted about an 'incel rebellion.' Here's what that means|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/25/us/incel-rebellion-alek-minassian-toronto-attack-trnd/index.html|accessdate=April 26, 2018|work=CNN|date=April 25, 2018|quote="Incel" is short for "involuntarily celibate." It's a movement made up almost entirely of men who claim they "can't have sex despite wanting to," according to incels.me.}}</ref> The post, dated to shortly before the attack began on April 23, read: |
Following the attack, a [[Facebook]] post attributed to Minassian circulated online which indicated he may have identified himself as an [[Involuntary celibacy|incel]] ("involuntary celibate").<ref name="cbc-20180423-001">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-van-attack-driver-profile-alek-minassian-1.4632435 |title=What we know about Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack |date=April 23, 2018 |work=CBC |access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4633051/why-some-incels-are-celebrating-toronto-s-van-attack-suspect-1.4633057 |title=Why some 'incels' are celebrating accused in Toronto van attack |website=CBC |access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> The incel subculture consists of online communities, primarily made up of men, whose members define themselves by criticizing womenhood.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mezzofiore|first1=Gianluca|title=The Toronto suspect apparently posted about an 'incel rebellion.' Here's what that means|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/25/us/incel-rebellion-alek-minassian-toronto-attack-trnd/index.html|accessdate=April 26, 2018|work=CNN|date=April 25, 2018|quote="Incel" is short for "involuntarily celibate." It's a movement made up almost entirely of men who claim they "can't have sex despite wanting to," according to incels.me.}}</ref> The post, dated to shortly before the attack began on April 23, read: |
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Toronto van attack | |
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Location | North York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Date | April 23, 2018 1:22 p.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
Weapons | van |
Deaths | 10 |
Injured | 14 |
The Toronto van attack occurred on April 23, 2018, when a rented van was driven along a sidewalk and into pedestrians at approximately 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) along Yonge Street in the North York City Centre business district of Toronto, killing 10 and injuring 14, some critically.[1] The suspected driver, 25-year-old Alek Minassian, was arrested at 1:32 p.m., 7 minutes after the first 9-1-1 call reporting the incident was made, just south of the crime scene.[2] The attack is the deadliest vehicle-ramming attack in Canadian history.[3][4]
Incident
Police were advised of an incident by 911 operators at 1:25 p.m. EDT.[5][6] A white Chevrolet Express van, rented from Ryder, was being driven southbound on Yonge Street from Finch Avenue towards Sheppard Avenue,[7] running a red light and then was driven along the sidewalk, striking multiple pedestrians[6][8] and leaving a crime scene over a dozen city blocks.[9] A witness said the driver looked the victims directly in the eye during the attack and acted like he was "playing a video game, trying to kill as many people as possible".[10] The deaths of pedestrians occurred along a 1.4-kilometre (0.87 mi) stretch of Yonge Street from Finch Avenue to Mel Lastman Square, a civic plaza on the west side of Yonge Street, with some additional injuries occurring a further 700 metres (2,300 ft) southward at the southeast corner of Yonge and Sheppard Avenue.
Paramedics were dispatched immediately to the site and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was activated as an emergency centre. Nine people died at the scene and 15 were injured. At 8:15 p.m. the Toronto Police Service announced that a tenth person had died. Sunnybrook treated ten victims. The hospital reported that two persons arrived without vital signs and were pronounced dead on arrival, five were in critical condition, two serious and one in fair condition.[11]
The Toronto police intercepted the damaged van, which was stopped about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) south of where the attack began, on the north sidewalk on Poyntz Avenue, just west of Yonge Street and two blocks south of Sheppard Avenue. Toronto Police Constable Ken Lam parked his cruiser near the van and confronted the suspected driver, later identified as Alek Minassian, standing near the opened driver-side door.[7][12]
During the confrontation, Minassian repeatedly drew his hand from his back pocket and pointed a cell phone toward the police officer as if it were a pistol.[12][13][14] Officer Lam ordered Minassian to drop to the ground, while Minassian tried repeatedly to provoke the officer to kill him, saying "shoot me in the head!" when the officer warned him he may be shot. Lam then went to his cruiser and turned off its siren. As Minassian and Lam advanced towards each other, the officer recognized that the object in Minassian's hand was not a gun, holstered his pistol, and took out his baton. Minassian then dropped the object from his hand, went to the ground and surrendered to Lam. Minassian was arrested uninjured at 1:32 p.m.[15]
Suspect
Alek Minassian | |
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Born | [16][better source needed] | November 3, 1992
Education | Thornlea Secondary School Seneca College |
Criminal status | Incarcerated, awaiting trial |
Criminal charge | First degree murder (10 charges) Attempted murder (14 charges) |
Police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Alek Minassian, with no prior criminal history.[17][18] It was reported that he is religiously Christian with roots to Armenia.[19] According to his LinkedIn profile, he was a student at Seneca College in North York from 2011 to 2018 and lives in Richmond Hill,[5][20] a suburb north of Toronto.[21] He was a software and mobile app developer.[22] His former classmates at Thornlea Secondary School described him as "not overly social" and "harmless".[23][24] In late 2017, he enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces for two months, before requesting voluntary release after 16 days of recruit training.[25]
Following the attack, a Facebook post attributed to Minassian circulated online which indicated he may have identified himself as an incel ("involuntary celibate").[26][27] The incel subculture consists of online communities, primarily made up of men, whose members define themselves by criticizing womenhood.[28] The post, dated to shortly before the attack began on April 23, read:
Private (Recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt 4chan please. C23249161. The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger![29][30]
"Chad" and "Stacy" are derogatory nicknames used by self-proclaimed incels to refer to sexually-prolific men and women, respectively.[29][31] Elliot Rodger was the mass murderer behind the 2014 Isla Vista killings in California.[32][33] Rodger's killings targeted against attractive women led to him being posthumously idolized by misogynistic online fringe communities, including incels.[34] The account that made the post was confirmed to be Minassian's by Facebook.[26][33] A source in the Department of National Defence confirmed to the Toronto Star that C23249161 was Minassian's military identification number during his training with the Canadian Army.[35]
Legal proceedings
On April 24, Minassian appeared without a lawyer before the Ontario Court of Justice in a Toronto courthouse, shackled and wearing a white prison jumpsuit. He was charged with 10 counts of first degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder and ordered not to contact any of the alleged attempted murder victims.[17][36] Minassian's father attended and was visibly sobbing.[37] Police announced later the same day that a 14th charge of attempted murder would be laid.[38] Minassian is scheduled to next appear in court on May 10.[36]
Victims
Toronto police reported the majority of victims were female, but that there was no evidence they were deliberately targeted.[17] They have not released the identities of those killed, stating it would take a few days for identification and family notification. Some of the names of those killed have been informally gathered by the media. Those killed include:
- Renuka Amarasinghe, a nutritionist[39]
- Anne Marie D'Amico, a financial analyst[40]
- Betty Forsyth, a retiree[41]
- Chul Min "Eddie" Kang, a chef[42]
- Munir Najjar, a Jordanian man visiting Toronto[43]
- Dorothy Sewell, a retiree[39][42]
The South Korean government announced that two of its nationals were killed, and a third was injured.[44] Seneca College reported that one of its students was killed.[45]
Minassian was charged with the attempted murders of Sammantha Samson, Samantha Peart, Morgan McDougall, Mavis Justino, Catherine Riddell, Aleksandra Kozhevinikova, Amir Kiumarsi, Yunsheng Tian, Jun Seok Park, Amaresh Tesfamariam, Beverly Smith, Robert Anderson and So Ra.[46]
Aftermath
Subway and bus services in the area were immediately closed or rerouted.[12] Parts of Yonge Street were cordoned off until late on April 24 for the police investigation.[47][48][9] Civic buildings in the area were closed late April 23 and remained closed throughout April 24. Area businesses were allowed to remain open, but in areas of pedestrian deaths those fronting on Yonge Street were only allowed access from rear entrances.[49] Many businesses in the most affected areas chose to close down for all of April 24 while some opened at different times of the afternoon of April 24. The area was fully open, and transit services resumed by April 25.
Security was heightened around a meeting of G7 security ministers being held in Toronto in advance of the 44th G7 summit in La Malbaie, Quebec.[50] The ministers were briefed on the attack shortly after it occurred and the day after the attack the meeting's agenda included discussion on "soft targets" and online youth radicalization.[51]
Around the Air Canada Centre, roads were closed and blocked off with dump trucks, due to safety concerns for fans gathered at Maple Leaf Square to watch the National Hockey League playoff game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins on the evening of April 23.[52][53] A moment of silence was observed during the game in sympathy for the victims.[54]
Concrete barriers were put up along the edge of the sidewalk along Bremner Blvd. in front of Rogers Centre due to the same safety concerns prior to the Toronto Blue Jays game against the Boston Red Sox on April 24, 2018. Prior to the game, the Blue Jays honoured a few of the first responders in a ceremony which included a video memorial for the victims of the attack followed by a moment of silence.
Reactions
Many domestic and international leaders expressed their support and condolences, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,[55] Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer,[55] Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne,[8] United States Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft,[56] and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.[57] Toronto Mayor John Tory added that he had "offered any and all assistance that the city can provide to police to help this investigation". U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed their sympathies when addressing the press at the White House the next day.[58][59]
Constable Ken Lam was lauded as a hero for his measured use of force to achieve a non-fatal resolution of his confrontation with Minassian, despite Minassian seeking suicide by cop.[60] However, Lam insisted that he was simply performing his duty.[61][62]
Lighting at the CN Tower and the 3D Toronto sign at Nathan Phillips Square were colourless and dimmed for the evening of April 23. Flags were placed at half-mast at most government locations in Toronto and surrounding municipalities.[63]
An impromptu memorial at Olive Square on the east side of Yonge Street, directly across the street from where the attack began, was set up by local residents for people to place flowers and express their grief in writing.[64] A smaller memorial with flowers and written condolences was also established next to the fountain at the entry to Mel Lastman Square near where at least two persons had died. A crowd-funding campaign was set up to raise money for the expenses of the victims' families.[65] Residents in the area came forward with offers of assistance to those in need.[65] To better coordinate crowdfunding, the City of Toronto established the #TorontoStrong Fund to support victims and their families, first responders, and those affected by trauma.[17]
A small vigil was held at Mel Lastman Square on the evening of April 24.[66] The "#TorontoStrong" vigil is planned by the City of Toronto for Mel Lastman Square on April 29 at 7:00 p.m.[67][66]
See also
- Air India Flight 182 – the largest mass murder involving Canadian citizens[68]
- École Polytechnique massacre – the deadliest mass shooting in Canada[69]
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