Van Attack Killer Would Carry out Attack Again to Better ‘Kill Count,’ Court Hears

Crown attorney Joe Callaghan, clockwise from top left, Justice Anne Molloy, accused in the April 2018 Toronto van attack Alek Minsassian and Dr. Alexander Westphal are shown during a murder trial conducted via Zoom videoconference, in this courtroom sketch on Nov. 30, 2020. The Canadian Press/Alexandra Newbould

TORONTO—A psychiatrist says the man who killed 10 pedestrians in Toronto’s van attack said he'd consider carrying it out again to better his “kill count.”

Dr. Alexander Westphal is testifying for the defence at the trial of Alek Minassian and says the 28-year-old views people as objects and does not understand that what he did was wrong.