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| Toronto: Police name suspected driver of van that struck and killed at least 10 as Alex Minassian | Toronto: Police name suspected driver of van that struck and killed at least 10 as Alex Minassian |
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| Police have named they suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as 25-year-old Alex Minassian. | Police have named they suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as 25-year-old Alex Minassian. |
| Authorities say Mr Minassain drove his his car through a busy street in Toronto on Monday at 1:30pm local time, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 15 others. | |
| Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said the incident "definitely looked deliberate," though he would not call it an act of terror. He added that the motive was still unknown, and that police had no prior knowledge of the suspect. | |
| "This is very early in the investigation, there is no avenue we won’t explore," Mr Saunders said at a press conference. "...We open all the lanes at the start and we follow where ether evidence takes us." | "This is very early in the investigation, there is no avenue we won’t explore," Mr Saunders said at a press conference. "...We open all the lanes at the start and we follow where ether evidence takes us." |
| Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale said there was no indication the incident was related to national security. | Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale said there was no indication the incident was related to national security. |
| “The events that happened behind us are horrendous but they do not appear in any way to be connected to national security," he said at a press conference. | |
| Authorities say the suspect drove southbound on Yonge Street during the busy lunch hour, occasionally driving on the sidewalk and in northbound lanes. Photos from the scene showed benches and fire hydrants overturned, and bodies covered in tarps laying in the street. | |
| Footage taken in the aftermath of the attacked appeared to show the suspect telling police to shoot him, and warning police that he is armed. | |
| "I have a gun in my pocket ... shoot me in the head," a person identified as the suspect could be heard saying in a video posted to social media. | |
| Mr Saunders said Mr Minassian was taken into custody without incident. | |
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