Nathaniel Veltman was charged with four counts of first\u002Ddegree murder and one count of attempted murder after the Afzaal family was killed while out for a…
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Veltman was charged after Salman Afzaal, 46, his mother Talat Afzaal, 74, his wife Madiha Salman, 44, and their daughter Yumnah, 15, were killed at the corner of Hyde Park and South Carriage roads in northwest London while on an evening stroll when they were struck by a pickup truck on June 6, 2021.Article contentThe hit-and-run sparked an outpouring of sadness and sympathy across London and drew attention nationally and internationally.
The Crown’s team of prosecutors, which includes both provincial and federal members, have indicated that one of the grounds for conviction they will be arguing is that the family’s deaths were the direct result of a terrorist act.Veltman, who worked at an egg production facility near Strathroy before his arrest, has appeared at the pre-trial motions from jail. All of the motions, with their reasons covered by a publication ban, are being held through a teleconferencing court.
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