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Man who intentionally drove his truck into a Muslim family, killing 4, gets life sentence in Canada (apnews.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What aspect were the Canadian news outlets missing? Life sentences are concurrent in Canada; that's just how it works. It isn't really necessary to report something like that to a domestic audience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

TIL that life sentences are by default concurrent in Canada, although I would say the nature of labelling it "terrorism" was never explored either. A lot of people became confused, thinking he was charged with terrorism, when it fact, it was just a ruling by the judge and it should be used against him in 25 years time when he's up for parole.