9 people are now confirmed dead, 16 injured after a yet to be identified man mounted the curb in a van and ploughed into pedestrians on one of the busiest Toronto intersections. The driver has been taken into custody and is under police interrogation.
As reported by Jihad Watch earlier, it is too early to conclude motive; however Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has stated…
his sources in Canada said the van driver was known to police and consider the incident a terrorist attack.
Van driver ploughs into pedestrians in Toronto, nine dead, NZ Herald, April 23, 2018:
Nine people have been killed after the driver of a white rental van ploughed into pedestrians – including a woman pushing a stroller – in Toronto, before apparently confronting police.
Authorities say the white van hit the crowd of pedestrians at the busy Yonge St and Finch Ave in north Toronto about 1.30pm local time (5.30am, NZT).
Police said that nine people were killed and 16 injured. Peter Yuen, the Toronto Police Deputy Chief said: “We can confirm for you tonight right now we have 9 people that are dead, 16 that are injured.”
US law enforcement sources told CBS News that the incident appears to be a deliberate act. CNN also reported that a law enforcement official briefed on the situation said the incident is believed to be deliberate.
Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told MSNBC his sources in Canada said the van driver was known to police and consider the incident a terrorist attack.
But Canada’s minister of public safety says it’s too soon to say whether it is a case of international terrorism. Ralph Goodale told reporters that police are still investigating to determine what happened. Goodale says Canada has not changed its terrorism alert level and he has no information that would suggest a need to do so.
The vehicle immediately fled but was found several blocks away, and the driver was taken into custody, police said. Fox reported witnesses as saying the driver was waving a weapon-like object at police.
Sky News reports that Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital says seven patients from the van incident have been taken to the hospital and its emergency department is on lockdown as an “added precaution”.
“We looked up and down the street and saw three or four victims on the ground, with pedestrians helping them,” witness Saman Tabasinejad told the Toronto Sun. “I feel terrified, I grew up just around here.”
Connie Lam lives nearby and told the Toronto Star she saw two more bodies at Mel Lastman Square and another across the street from the square. Lam said whoever did this must have known to drive on the southbound footpath because the northbound side has more concrete tree holders…..
jack cade says
Damn those Baptists! Will their hatred never stop!!
mortimer says
It’s the killer Amish mob and thuggish gangsters of the Seventh-Day Adventists. (sarc/off)
Sounder says
Obviously we have to get rid of white vans now.
Rev G says
Allmotor vehicles. They are everywhere. Stop the slaughter.
mortimer says
Yes, a ban global ban on white vans. That’ll surely fix it until they rent grey vans.
Lydia Church says
Stop! Hold everything!
Did someone say it was a ‘white’ van?
That nutty professor (jabba the hut’s sister) will dub this a ‘race’ issue for sure now!
She doesn’t hold a “BS” for nothing…. after all. In fact, ‘BS’ is her middle name!
Jayell says
Grey vans can also convert to white vans or use taqqyia. Ban all vans!
ronyvo says
Right to the point.
We are confused nation. We lost our ability to define and deal with the issue on hand. That is very dangerous.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
How long will the ordinary people tolerate this behavior. Will the PC politicians dictate selected pro nouns in describing this massacre of innocent people walking to their homes, cars, business.
Lory Darnell-Gustafson says
Another white van rental to kill innocents – we all know the drill. :-((
Linda says
Foreign authorities and media identify it as a terrorist attack before the local politicians do. The Mayor of Toronto called it only, “this tragedy”.
pfwag says
Swedish Bikini team member?
Richard says
Some poor refugee displaying his gratitude to his host country no doubt.
More Ham Ed says
It will be years before the leftists release a photo or name of the driver, I’m exaggerating but you get my point.
Jaladhi says
How long the West is going to tolerate this jihad scourge within their own countries??Enough of this mentally unstable Muslims and it has got nothing to do with Islam – au contraire mon ami, it is Islam the religion of terror! as Mo/allah himself said he has been made victorious by terror !!
mortimer says
Slogan: “IT’S THE IDEOLOGY, STUPID.”
gravenimage says
Update: 9 confirmed dead, 16 injured in Toronto after driver ploughs into pedestrians
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Horrible. High chance of this being Jihad.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
He has been identified and certainly not English or French, dare we say the M word.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
NEW: A @CBSNews source has identified the suspect in the Toronto hit-and-run incident as 25-year-old Alek Minassian
IndianTiger says
Take more muslims in and live with the consequences. Very sad for the victims, but mad as hell at these green slimes.
peter says
This is all because that idiot prime minister is selling his country down the dain in the name of liberalism .He made an ass of himself in a recent visit to India .It is time for him to go and get replaced by pragmatist like the former Prime Minister
Rarely says
The area has a very high Jewish population. Coincidence? I think not.
gravenimage says
Yes–I’ve heard of attacks in the neighborhood before–the area around Yonge Street.
And this also reminds me of the San Francisco SUV Jihad terror attack, that ended up with an assault on the Jewish Community Center on California Street.
Dov Berrol says
Actually, this strip of Yonge Street has a lot of high rise condominiums and office buildings filled with lots of Koreans and Chinese and Japanese people and stores and restaurants. And the area a little north of Finch is heavily populated by Persian Canadians and their stores and restaurants. So I don’t know how much of an anti-Jewish motive would be behind this attack.
The deadly hostage taking at the Royal Bank in Thornhill a few months ago was definitely a jihadi attack on Canadian Jews and Israelis who reside in that suburb of Toronto. But you would never know that since the MSM has kept quite mum on the motives of the Muslim attacker that committed the crime.
gravenimage says
Thanks for the background, Dov.
Rick Spencer says
What will Justin Trudeau have to say? Something like “Calling the incident Muslim terrorism is Islamophobia”?
Canadastan will be soon ‘the home of the brave’ … the brave infidel.
Carol (the 1st) says
I believe Justin has peeked out to say his “thoughts” are with the victims. He then retreated back under some rock.
Bernie says
Politicians and judges who don’t defend their homeland and it’s people are treasonous, and should be dealt with accordingly. Anyone in the U.S. that defied attempts by the president to implement a more stringent screening of immigrants should be considered jihadi supporters and charged as such.
christianblood says
Could this attacker be from the so-called “white helmets” which is an Al-Qaeda jihadist group that gets many millions of dollars from the US, Canada and other Western countries? You wonder islamic jihadist groups are ready to kill Western infidels and yet the West is baking these same jihadist groups in Syria and elsewhere in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7DZ6VtOCA
gravenimage says
Why would Christianblood think that this is a white helmet? I doubt he does; he is just using this as a chance to kick the West.
Kevin F. says
Is it ramavan again, already?
DLF says
It now appears that the attacker may have been inspired by Elliott Rodger. Does anyone find this embarrassing? Would that make you question your assumptions?
OldFatBaldSociallyIneptRon says
Until we can pass a ban on high capacity rental assault vehicles we must impose mental health screenings and criminal background checks on those wishing to rent them.
USA Ret. says
It amazes me that these politicians who allow the destruction of their own cultures are still in power. Perhaps being a citizen of a country in the west, amounts to nearly nothing now, in a pluralistic global society?
David says
His name is Alek Minnassian. Update at : https://canadafreepress.com
Politicianophobia says
Ten innocent people are dead and 15 in hospital. Kathleen Wynne and Gotta Go Goodale will probably blame Trump.
underbed cat says
Anyone notice the building that the van ended it’s rampage, the window yellow billboard shape, arabic script on top ? A coincident that it ended at that location? Translation.