Details about the incident are still emerging. But this is what we know so far:
- Ten people have died and another 15 have been injured after a rented van mounted the kerb at a busy intersection in the northern suburbs of Toronto on Monday afternoon.
- It continued almost 3km (2 miles), striking dozens of pedestrians.
- Police have named 25-year-old Alek Minassian from nearby Richmond Hill, as their suspect. He was not previously known to police.
- The suspect initially fled from police. Video posted on social media suggested the man had pointed an object at police before being detained.
- Police said the van incident appeared to have been deliberate but have not identified a motive.
- Canada’s minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, Ralph Goodale, said there was “no national security connection” to the incident as yet.
- Prime minister Justin Trudeau offered his condolences to the loved ones of those killed in what he described as a “tragic and senseless attack”.
