In photos: 10 dead,15 injured in Toronto van attack
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: Apr 24, 2018, 03:59 IST | Updated: Apr 24, 2018, 03:59 IST
A driver ploughed his white Ryder rental van into a crowd in Toronto on Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 along a roughly mile-long (1.6-km) stretch of sidewalk thronged with lunch-hour pedestrians
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White Ryder rental van ploughed into a crowd
A driver ploughed his white Ryder rental van into a crowd in Toronto on Monday, killing ten people and injuring 16 along a roughly mile-long (1.6-km) stretch of sidewalk thronged with lunch-hour pedestrians, police said.
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Foreign Ministers meeting was underway at a distance of 30 km from the site
The incident occurred about 30 km (18 miles) from the site where Toronto is hosting a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers from Canada, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, but had no noticeable effect on that event`s security.
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Suspect not associated with any organised militant group
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) identified the suspect as Alek Minassian, 25, without identifying its source for that information. Citing government officials, it said Minassian was not associated with any organised militant group.
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String of deadly vehicle attacks in the United States and Europe
There has been a string of deadly vehicle attacks in the United States and Europe, including an October 31 attack in New York that killed eight. The Islamic State militant group encourages its supporters to use vehicles for attacks.
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It's unprecedented
The incident was one of the most violent in recent Canadian history. 'It`s unprecedented," said John Flengas, acting superintendent of Toronto`s paramedic services. We`ve never seen anything like this in the city of Toronto.'
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