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Defence lawyer Peter Ketcheson (right) holds the door for defence lawyer Christopher Hicks at the London courthouse to attend the sentencing hearing of Nathaniel Veltman in London, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Nicole Osborne /The Canadian Press via AP)

Man who intentionally drove his truck into a Muslim family, killing 4, gets life sentence in Canada

A man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in prison as a Canadian judge ruled that the actions of the “admitted white nationalist” amounted to terrorism

By AP News
Published - Feb 22, 2024, 08:23 PM ET
Last Updated - Feb 22, 2024, 08:23 PM EST

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — A man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family was sentenced Thursday to life in prison as a Canadian judge ruled that the actions of the admitted white nationalist amounted to terrorism.

Nathaniel Veltman has also been sentenced to a concurrent life sentence for the attempted murder of a boy who survived the 2021 attack.

Veltman, 23, was found guilty in November of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for hitting the Afzaal family with his truck while they were out for a walk.

Prosecutors argued that Veltman purposely ran his truck into the Afzaal family while they were out for a walk on June 6, 2021, to intimidate Muslims into leaving Canada. The defense sought to show he wasn’t criminally liable saying he had mental health problems.

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