BREAKING: Alek Minassian sentenced to life in jail with no parole for 25 years in Toronto van attack
A boy's drawing of the sun shining down on him and his mother brought a Toronto courtroom to tears Monday as victims spoke about the effect the city's deadly van attack had on them.
The hearing was the first opportunity victims and families have had to face the killer in person after his judge-alone trial and verdict occurred over videoconference during the pandemic.Haneen Najjar, whose father died in the attack, said she immigrated to Canada in 2017 with her brother, leaving her parents behind in Jordan. She worried something would happen to them while they were so far away.
"Her presence and many untold stories are lost forever," he said, his voice catching, as he stared at Minassian in the prisoner's box. She said she was in a coma in hospital for more than a month and lives with permanent brain damage, hearing loss and vision problems. Ra So recalled walking with her friend, So He Chung, at the corner of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue, on the day of the attack. The pair decided to walk to the library instead of taking transit due to the unseasonably warm weather.
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