The Canadian man admitted in a police interview that he intentionally killed a Muslim family in an act of white supremacist terrorism.. Nathaniel Veltman, the man accused of running down a Muslim family in a premeditated white nationalist attack, took the stand for the first time Thursday, speaking at length about his strict religious upbringing and Internet addictions. The trial is centered around the murder of a Muslim family who were waiting to cross the street in London, Ontario, on June 6, 2021. On that day, a truck accelerated and swerved into the family killing five out of the six people standing there. Salman Afzaal, 46, his wife Madiha Salman, 44, their 15-year-old daughter Yumna Afzaal, and Salman Afzaal’s 74-year-old mother, Talat Afzaal, were all killed in the attack—only the family’s nine-year-old son survived. Veltman was arrested next to his blood-soaked truck in a nearby parking lot just minutes later after asking a bystander to call the police. He was arrested and charged with five counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and terrorism. For several hours, Veltman was examined by defense counsel Christopher Hicks. The admitted white supremacist testified that before the attacks he had a “process of decline” where he was consuming a lot of conspiracy videos about “coronavirus and the new world order” and was heavily depressed. He said he tried to use a Christian app that monitors pornography to stop him from accessing “the extreme websites.”
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