A relative of the London family killed in Nathaniel Veltman’s truck attack recalled picking up clothes from her grand-niece’s bedroom floor a day after the murders and –quote — “desperately seeking solace” in her scent for the final time.
Hina Islam’s comments were among the emotional victim impact statements delivered at Veltman’s sentencing hearing yesterday after a jury learned he targeted the Afzaal family because they were wearing traditional Muslim clothing.
Veltman was found guilty in November of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for hitting the family with his truck while they were out for a walk on June 6th, 2021, in London.
Forty-four-year-old Madiha Salman, her 46-year-old husband Salman Afzaal; their 15-year-old daughter, Yumna; and her 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal, were killed, while the couple’s nine-year-old son was seriously hurt but survived.
The sentencing hearing continues today.
Written by: The Canadian Press
