Police are investigating a hit-and-run that killed four people in London, Ontario, as a hate crime, saying the victims were targeted because they were Muslim.
Nathanial Veltman, 20, is in custody after a family was hit by a car on Hyde Park Road at about 8:40 p.m. local time on Sunday, the. The group was waiting to cross the road when a man in a black pickup truck jumped the curb and hit five people from the same family.
“There is evidence that this was a planned, premeditated act motivated by hate," Waight said. “It is believed these victims were targeted because they were Muslim. There is no known previous connection between the suspect and the victims.” He did not detail the evidence found by investigators that led them to believe this was a potential hate crime. Veltman is not known to be involved in any known hate groups at this point or a criminal record, Waight said.
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