A Canadian Muslim family was killed in London, Ontario, when a man rammed them with his pick-up truck. Relatives are urging the wider community to oppose racism and Islamophobia after police said the suspect was motivated by hate reut.rs/3w8AlsI 1/6
Trudeau said he will continue to fight hate online and offline and will take more action to dismantle far-right hate groups, like adding the Proud Boys to Canada's terror listing reut.rs/3w5biqC 2/6
The family was killed when a pickup truck jumped the curb and struck them. Police said the family was deliberately targeted because of their religion and authorities are reviewing the possibility of terrorism charges 3/6 
The four family members killed are: Salman Afzaal, 46; his wife, Madiha Salman, 44; their daughter, Yumna Afzaal, 15; and Afzaal's mother, 74, whose name is unreleased. Their son Fayez Afzaal, 9, has serious but non-life-threatening injuries and remains hospitalized 4/6
Nathaniel Veltman was arrested wearing a body-armor type of vest three-tenths of a mile away from the London Muslim Mosque.
‘This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our communities,’ Trudeau said in the House of Commons 5/6
‘This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our communities,’ Trudeau said in the House of Commons 5/6
The attack was the worst against Canadian Muslims since the attack on Quebec City mosque in 2017. Nawaz Tahrir, a spokesperson for the London Muslim Mosque says Canadians have to ‘ask more of our leaders’ to enact policies that address anti-Muslim hate reut.rs/3w5biqC 6/6
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