Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Tuesday to take more action "to dismantle far-right hate groups" after three generations of a Muslim family were killed.
Many Canadians have been enjoying evening walks to get fresh air after long days at home during the pandemic, Trudeau said.
“But unlike every other night, this family never made it home,” Trudeau said. “Their lives were taken in a brutal, cowardly and brazen act of violence. This killing was no accident… Canadians are outraged by what happened on Sunday. And many Muslim Canadians are scared.”
Trudeau said words matter and in part blamed rhetoric, disinformation and extremism online and in politics.
“They can be a seed that grows into an ugly, pervasive trend. And sometimes, they lead to real violence,” the prime minister said.
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“Esto fue un ataque terrorista motivado por odio, en el corazón de nuestras comunidades”, dijo el primer ministro Justin Trudeau en el Parlamento tras el atropellamiento de la familia paquistaní. El único sobreviviente es un niño de 9 años que se encuentra gravemente herido.
A pick-up lorry attack that killed four members of an immigrant family has shaken Canada, a country where immigrants are largely accepted, and drew denunciations from Canada’s prime minister, who called it a hate attack directed at Muslims.
The victims, two parents, two children and a grandmother, were on an evening walk when the lorries struck them at a junction in London, Ontario.
“This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our communities,” prime minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament.
“If anyone thinks racism and hatred don’t exist in this country, I want to say this: How do we explain such violence to a child in a hospital?