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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canadian man convicted of murdering Muslim family in 2021 truck attack

The Afzaal family: Yumna Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Talat Afzaal, Salman Afzaal.
The Afzaal family: Yumna Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Talat Afzaal, Salman Afzaal. Photograph: The Guardian

The Canadian man who killed four members of a Muslim family, has been found guilty on four charges of first degree and one count of attempted murder, in a case that tested how the country’s terror laws might prosecute far-right extremism.

The jury took around six hours to convict Nathaniel Veltman, who faces a life imprisonment sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. Justice Renee Pomerance will determine whether Veltman’s actions meet the threshold for terrorism when she issues her sentencing.

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