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The newest member of the royal family revealed. And the other member who turned around to the cameras and melted hearts. Good evening, and its great to start another week with you. And we begin tonight with that horrific attack today in downtown toronto. A Driver Barrelling down a crowded street in a van and appearing to aim for pedestrians. That van coming to a halt on a sidewalk, but not until after so many had been struck and killed. A trail of the injured along the street, too, more than a dozen hurt. Then, the confrontation between the driver and police. Playing out in broad daylight. Tonight, that suspect is now in custody, his identity just released. And abcs tom llamas leads us off from toronto tonight. Reporter tonight, the race to save lives after the deadly van attack. Nine dead and more than a dozen wounded after a driver in this white van jumped the curb, plowing through pedestrians on a major street in toronto. Ve ....
There was a lockdown of a large area around here in bars and restaurants. in one, we had reports that an announcement was being made constantly, police advise the incident is ongoing, and that was repeated for about 45 minutes. it was probably 2 to 2 1/2 hours before it really became clear that in all likelihood, this incident was over. it does appear to be a lot calmer here now. this place was flooded with hundreds of police officers not that along ago. we re waiting for a statement from the prime minister boris johnson just within the last hour, the current mayor of london, sadiq khan, spoke, and he spoke of one suspect, one individual. so in his mind, and remember, he has been briefed by counterterror officers, in his ....
And we ve just confirmed the name of the suspect allegedly behind the wheel, 25-year-old alek minassian. but as we have said so far, we do not know his motive. there were so many victims in this case because, david, it happened in a very busy area of toronto. but also in front of so many eyewitnesses and surveillance cameras, now all part of the investigation. david? pouring through the video at this hour. tom llamas leading us off tonight. tom, our thanks to you. there s also heightened alert right here at home tonight. the nypd saying they ve deployed more counterterror officers on the streets of new york city late today. abc s chief justice correspondent pierre thomas live with us tonight from washington. and pierre, what have you learned from your sources about the suspect? reporter: david, our sources say alec minassian is from the toronto area, and while they believe this was an intentional act, they re sorting out if this was terrorism. these kind of vehicle attacks have b ....
harris: peter, thank you. new information and terror arrests in london now, less than three weeks away from the olympic games, a woman initially arrested over an alleged plot to launch a terrorist attack and britain has been released now, she s 30 years old. and police not revealing her name at this time. one of the seven arrested last week, five men and another woman, meanwhile, remain in custody, being questioned over allegations of quote, the commission, precipitation and instigation of acts of terror. and detectives investigating others arrested in a separate alleged terror plot. there were a couple last week. counterterror officers in london on high alert ahead of the summer games and britain s terrorist threat risk remains substantial, which means is attack is a strong possibility. but, intelligence officials say there are no specific or credible threats to the olympic games at this point. the foreclosure hammer about to come down on a lot of home owners in one major city ....