The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) will speak Thursday afternoon following the sentencing of a man who killed four members of a Muslim family and injured a fifth in London, Ont.
Nathaniel Veltman, 23, was found guilty on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in November.
The crimes come with an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, but the question of what role, if any , terrorism played in the attack has played a central role in Thursday’s sentencing decision.
“I find the offender’s actions constitute terrorist activity,” Justice Renee Pomerance said at the outset of her decision.
Veltman purposefully drove his truck into the Afzaal family on June 6, 2021. Salman Afzaal, 46; his 44-year-old wife Madiha Salman; there 15-year-old daughter, Yumna; and her 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal, were killed in the attack. The couple’s nine-year-old son was seriously hurt but survived.
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What? If he was moslim They would give him life!!
A strong ruling for Canadian Muslims. Let's see how it carries outwards towards West Asia… ?
Should b 100 years ?.