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Toronto van attack
Attack location is located in Toronto
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Attack location (Toronto)
Attack location is located in Canada
Attack location
Attack location
Attack location (Canada)
LocationNorth York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DateApril 23, 2018 (2018-04-23)
1:22 p.m. (EDT)
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack
WeaponsChevrolet Express van
Deaths11
Injured
15
PerpetratorAlek Minassian
MotiveRevenge for perceived sexual and social rejection
Convictionsmurder

SentenceLife imprisonment

On 23 April 2018, a vehicle-ramming attack occurred in North York City Centre at a busy street intersection at Yonge Street in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] A white rental van driven by Alek Minassian collided with numerous pedestrians.[1] The motive is currently unknown.[2] Some newspapers said that Minassian was an incel. They also said that he wanted to start an incel rebellion.[3]

11 people were killed and 15 others injured.[4][5]

The first of the ten killed victims to be identified was Anne Marie D'Amico, an analyst for the American-based investment company Invesco which has an office on Yonge Street.[6] The South Korean government announced that two South Korean nationals were confirmed killed, and a third was injured in the attack.[7]

U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed their sympathies and condolences when addressing the press at the White House the next day.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Van driver strikes multiple pedestrians in Toronto". WTVR. April 23, 2018. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Van strikes multiple pedestrians in Toronto -- live updates". CBS News. April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ CBC News (Apr 23, 2018) [last update: April 24, 2018]. "What we know about the man charged in the deadly Toronto van attack - CBC News". CBC.
  4. ↑ "9 people killed, 16 injured in van incident, police say". www.cnn.com. 23 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "'A huge loss': Yonge Street van attack victim Amaresh Tesfamariam missed 'every day'". Toronto.com. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ Dangerfield, Katie (April 24, 2018). "First of 10 victims killed in Toronto van attack identified as Anne Marie D'Amico". Global News. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "2 S. Koreans killed in Toronto van attack". The Korea Herald. Yonhap. April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Remarks by President Trump and President Macron of France at Arrival Ceremony". The White House. April 24, 2018. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.


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