Canadian Who Drove Van into Toronto Crowds Given Life Sentence

On April 23, 2018, a Canadian man drove a white rental van at full speed down streets and the sidewalks in Toronto, aiming at passers-by for about more than a mile. Cole Burston GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

A Canadian man who in 2018 rammed his rental van into a crowd of pedestrians in downtown Toronto, killing 11 people, was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years.

Alek Minassian, who was 25 at the time of the attack, was found guilty by a Canadian judge just over a year ago, in March 2021, AFP said.