Trial begins for man accused of killing Muslim family in Canada

Nathaniel Veltman, 22 is facing charges of four counts of terrorism-motivated first degree murder, and one attempted murder charge at a trial in Windsor, Ontario.

Veltman is accused of deliberately running over the Afzal family with his truck while they were out on an evening walk in Ontario, in 2021.

Salman Afzaal, 46, and his wife Madiha Salman, 44, were killed in the attack – along with their daughter Yumna Afzaal, 15, and Mr Afzaal’s mother Talat Afzaal, 74.

 The couple’s nine-year-old son was seriously hurt but survived.

Prosecutors on Monday told the court that the accused had purchased his truck two weeks before the attack, and that he had planned the rampage for three months.