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‘Incel’ who killed 11 in Toronto van murders sentenced to life in prison

Alek Minassian Toronto Murder Crown
Family members embrace outside the courthouse in Toronto, after the verdict in the trial of Alek Minassian, March 2021.
Family members embrace outside the courthouse in Toronto, after the verdict in the trial of Alek Minassian in March 2021. Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters

A self-described “incel” who killed 11 people when he plowed a rented van into a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018 has been sentenced to life in prison.

Alek Minassian – who was motivated by a hatred of women – was convicted in March of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, after a judge found that he drove a white rental van on to the sidewalk with the intent to kill.

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