The Toronto Van Attack - 3 - Alek Minassian is Guilty

Nighttime

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True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Although Canada is no stranger to murder, madness and mayhem, we have been very fortunate to have largely avoided the type of mass murders and shootings that have become common fixtures in other countries with similar cultures to our own. On April 23, 2018, Younge Street in Downtown Toronto was the setting of an event that many Canadians had taken comfort in thinking could never happen here. 25 year old Alek Minassian hit the gas and jerked the wheel of the rented cube van he was driving forcing the vehicle onto a busy sidewalk. For several city blocks Minassian used the vehicle to target pedestrians, killing 10 and injuring 16. In this episode of Nighttime, I am again joined by my best friend Scott to continue our discussion of the Toronto Van Attack. For the third part in this series, our focus is on the judge's decision in the case against Minassian. Links: the Toronto Van Attack part 1 - https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/toronto-van-attack the Toronto Van Attack part 2 - https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/toronto-van-attack-2 Credits: Musical Theme - Noir Tokyo by Monty Datta Provide feedback and comments on the episode: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Nighttime Links: Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/nighttimepod Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.5	Pluto TV. You are tuned to the nighttime podcast focused on the fringe of Canada. It was a day very much like today.
0:59.0	It was a day very much like today.
1:02.0	Sunny but cool nearly three years ago, when a white rented van arrived at the
1:06.5	intersection of Young and Finch in North Toronto.
1:09.6	The driver methodically mounted the curb, then he pressed his foot to the accelerator and what
1:14.0	followed was a scene of indescribable whore and by the time it was over the
1:19.1	bodies of the dead and wounded were strewn for blocks along Young Street.
1:23.6	Ten innocent lives brutally taken during the worst mass murder
1:28.6	in this city's history.
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