Nathaniel Veltman is escorted outside Ontario Superior Court in Windsor, Ont., Tuesday, Sept.5, 2023. A man who killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., is set to be sentenced today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dax Melmer
LONDON – A man who killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Nathaniel Veltman has also been sentenced to a concurrent life sentence for the attempted murder of a boy who survived the 2021 attack.
Veltman, 23, was found guilty in November of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for hitting the Afzaal family with his truck while they were out for a walk.
Justice Renee Pomerance, who delivered today’s sentencing decision, also ruled that Veltman’s attack amounted to terrorism.
Members of the Afzaal family, who are among those gathered in a packed London courtroom, were seen crying as Pomerance made her findings.
Veltman was convicted of killing 46-year-old Salman Afzaal; his 44-year-old wife, Madiha Salman; their 15-year-old daughter, Yumna; and her 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal. The couple’s nine-year-old son was seriously hurt but survived.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 22, 2024.
