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OTTAWA: A 22-year-old Canadian man was found guilty on Thursday of murdering four members of a Muslim family who he ran over with his truck in 2021.<\/p>\n
The jury took around six hours to return its verdict on Nathaniel Veltman, who attacked the family in London, a town in Ontario province.<\/p>\n
He faces a life imprisonment sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors argued the attack was an act of terrorism, saying Veltman\u2019s own writings showed he was a white nationalist who opposed mass immigration.<\/p>\n
Five members of the Afzaal family were out for an evening walk near their home in June 2021 when Veltman ran over them with his truck on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n
Salman Afzaal, his wife, their daughter, and Afzaal\u2019s mother were killed, while the couple\u2019s nine-year-old boy suffered serious injuries. Veltman was also found guilty of one charge of attempted murder.<\/p>\n
It was the worst attack against Canadian Muslims since a man gunned down six members at a Quebec City mosque in 2017.<\/p>\n
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