Canadian man gets life for killing Muslim family


A Canadian man who killed four members of a Muslim family was sentenced to life in prison as a judge ruled that his actions amounted to "white nationalist" terrorism.

Nathaniel Veltman, 22, was given five life sentences - four for murder and one for attempted murder.

Veltman was found guilty by a jury in November.

He ran down the family with his truck in 2021 while they were walking in London, Ontario.

Salman Afzaal, 46, and his wife Madiha Salman, 44, were killed by Veltman when he struck them with his truck. Their daughter Yumna Afzaal, 15, and Mr Afzaal's 74-year-old mother, Talat Afzaal, also died in the attack. The couple's nine-year-old son was seriously injured.