The man was accused of killing four members of a Canadian Muslim family by running them over in his pickup truck.
Police in London, Ontario, citing witnesses, said that 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman, jumped the curb in his vehicle on Sunday, struck five members of the family, ranging in age from 9 to 74, and then drove off at high speed.
The suspect does not have a criminal record, and is not known to be a member of a hate group, police said. He was arrested in a mall parking lot without incident while wearing a body-armor-type vest, police said. There is no evidence he had any accomplices. It was not immediately known if the suspect had hired a lawyer.
"We grieve for the family, three generations of whom are now deceased," Holder told reporters."This was an act of mass murder, perpetrated against Muslims, against Londoners, and rooted in unspeakable hatred." A GoFundMe campaign in support of members of the victims' family had already raised almost C$120,000 in one hour."This is a terrorist attack on Canadian soil, and should be treated as such," said Mustafa Farooq, head of the National Council of Canadian Muslims.
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