Toronto Police Eye Deadly Van Attack Suspect’s ‘Cryptic Message’

Alek Minassian suspected to be the van driver who struck multiple people along a major intersection in north Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 24, 2018. Screenshot via LinkedIn

TORONTO–The man accused of plowing a rental van into pedestrians on a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people in Canada’s deadliest mass killing in decades, left a “cryptic message” on social media before his attack, police said on Tuesday.

Suspect Alek Minassian, 25, was charged with 10 counts of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder in the incident.