Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack
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Tuesday, 24 April, 2018, 14:55
![]() Police have identified the suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as Alek Minassian, a 25-year-old man from Richmond Hill, Ont., a suburb north of the city. Ten people were killed and 15 injured on Monday afternoon after a rented white Ryder van jumped a curb and plowed into pedestrians along an approximately one-kilometre-long stretch of Toronto's busy Yonge Street. Minassian is scheduled to make a court appearance Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET in North York. A profile on social networking site LinkedIn identifies Minassian as a student at Seneca College in North York, the north Toronto neighbourhood where the attack took place. ![]() ![]() |

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