Toronto hears from the victims of the Yonge Street van attack

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Toronto hears from the victims of the Yonge Street van attack
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The Star’s live coverage of the van attack killer begins Monday morning. Court will hears the accounts of dozens of people who had their lives changed by one of Canada’s worst acts of mass murder. Follow along here ⬇️

The van attack killer will be sentenced to life in prison this week, but not before a downtown court hears the accounts of dozens of people who had their lives changed by one of Canada’s worst acts of mass murder.

The Star’s live coverage will begin Monday morning. The order of speakers: community representatives, civilians who offered first aid before medics and police arrived, first responders, injured victims and the families of the dead. The key issue at trial was whether Minassian had the state of mind to commit murder; Molloy found that he did. “His attack on these 26 victims that day was an act of a reasoning mind, notwithstanding its horrific nature, and notwithstanding that he has no remorse for it and no empathy for his victims,” she wrote in her decision.pending the outcome of a Supreme Court of Canada case involving Alexandre Bissonnette, the man who fatally shot six people inside a Quebec City mosque in 2017.

One unknown is whether Minassian will accept the judge’s offer — a normal part of the sentencing process — to address court before Molloy imposes his mandatory life sentence. His lawyer, Boris Bytensky, declined to comment.interviews he gave to police and doctors

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