'I just felt this urge to crash into them': Accused in London, Ont. truck attack shows remorse for actions that killed four people
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Nathaniel Veltman returned to testify in his own defence Tuesday for the fourth straight day in a Windsor, Ont. courtroom where he expressed remorse for his actions, and the prosecution officially began its cross examination.
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Nathaniel Veltman, 22, returned to testify in his own defence Tuesday, for the fourth straight day in a Windsor, Ont. courtroom.
He has previously pleaded not guilty to four counts of terrorism-motivated first-degree murder and one count of terrorism-motivated attempted murder for the June 6, 2021 attack on a Muslim family in London.
Grandmother Talat, her son Salman, his wife Madiha, and their teenage daughter Yumnah Afzaal were all killed. Their nine-year-old son was seriously injured but he survived his injuries.
“Instantly, as soon as I saw them the same sick urge came to drive at them,” Veltman testified Tuesday.
He told the jury on Monday he fought the urge twice before: once in Toronto the day before the attack and a few hours before striking the Afzaal family in London.
