The attack was horrendous: Three generations of a Muslim Canadian family killed, leaving a 9-year-old child orphaned. The motive was horrific: Police say
As a Family Is Mourned, Canada Grapples With Anti-Muslim Bias
After a driver intentionally ran down and killed a mother, father, daughter and grandmother in Ontario, orphaning a boy, there were calls for action against Islamophobia.
Mourners at the scene where members of the Afzaal-Salman family were killed in a vehicle attack in London, Ontario, on Tuesday.Credit.Brett Gundlock for The New York Times
June 9, 2021Updated 2:01 p.m. ET
OTTAWA With coronavirus restrictions still in place in much of Canada, many families have taken up going out together for evening strolls. On Sunday, however, a pleasant walk became the scene of a deadly attack by a motorist who used his truck to kill four members of a family in London, Ontario, and injure a boy who is now an orphan. They were targeted, the police said, because of their Muslim faith.