Charges laid against Veltman for killing Muslim family in Ontario

Nathaniel Veltman, who drove a truck into a Muslim family in Ontario in 2021, has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder.

First degree murder carries an automatic life sentence with no possibility of parole before 25 years.

On 6 June 2021, four members of the Afzaal family were killed by the accused by running down the truck.

This family had gone for a walk.

46-year-old Afzaal, his 44-year-old wife Madiha Salman, 15-year-old daughter Yumnah Afzaal and 74-year-old mother Talat Afzaal died in this accident.

A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured in the incident, but survived.

This incident was condemned all over the world including Canada.