London, Ontario police say that five family members who were run down Sunday by a driver in a pickup truck were targeted because they were Muslim. Four of the five have died. At a sombre news conference Monday the London Police Chief, Mayor Edward Holder and Muslim leaders commented on this atrocity. The family, so far unnamed, was out for a walk in London’s north end at around 8:40 p.m. They were walking along Hyde Park Road near South Carriage Road when a southbound black pickup truck occupied by a single male mounted the sidewalk and struck them as they waited to cross the intersection, police said. A man 20 is in custody. Chief Stephen Williams said the LPS believes that it was an intentional act. They have identified the driver as Nathaniel Veltman.
