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France charges 18-year-old for planning attacks in first 'Incel' terrorism case

An 18-year-old man suspected of planning attacks against women has been charged by France’s anti-terrorism prosecutors in the country’s first case to be exclusively linked to the “incel” movement.

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A look at vehicle ramming attacks across the globe

An SUV crashed into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend, killing 11 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest bloody car ramming attack across the globe

The Independent UK

Toronto’s most recent car attack was a targeted crime, not a mass attack

On April 15, Toronto once again experienced a soft-target vehicular ramming attack when a passenger vehicle intentionally struck and injured four pedestrians on the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) campus.

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Welcome to the incel age of fiction: misogynistic, murderous and... sympathetic?

THE READING LIST: Once confined to a dark, dusty corner of the internet, incels are becoming increasingly mainstream as harrowing news stories about murder sprees and manifestos shine a light on a disturbing, sometimes violent, movement. These days, it is proving fertile ground for fiction writers whose protagonists are denied…

The Independent UK

Inside the ‘manosphere’ that’s luring young Indian men and boys

Trigger warning: Mentions of extreme misogyny, sexual harassment and queerphobia.

Newslaundry

New Orleans New Year's Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon

Police say a person who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was hell-bent on creating carnage

The Independent UK

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

Police are treating a car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany that killed at least five people as an attack

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Why mental health and neurodivergence should not be used to explain incel violence

In recent years, incidents of violence by ‘involuntary celibates’ (incels) have raised questions about the risks and worldview of those who espouse incel beliefs. In 2022, a Canadian Parliament standing committee explored the connections of incel violence to threats of extremism.

The Conversation

First official study reveals what creates incels

Research has found they are more likely to believe they are inferior

The Independent UK

Canadian driver faces murder charges in ramming, 2 killed

A 38-year-old Canadian man is facing murder charges after a pickup truck rammed into pedestrians, killing two men and injuring nine other people walking beside a road

The Independent UK

2 dead, 9 injured after truck hits pedestrians in Quebec

Authorities in Canada say two men have died after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians who were walking beside a road in Quebec

The Independent UK

Probing the mind of an incel

Researchers sought to determine whether experiencing unwanted celibacy is linked to misogyny among men

Salon

Self-described incel pleads guilty to plot to kill thousands of women at Ohio State

Tres Genco, 22, said in writings that he planned to kill women out of “hatred, jealousy, and revenge”

The Independent UK

Self-described ‘incel’ who drove into crowd in Toronto killing 11 is jailed for life

Alex Minassian will face parole decision in 25 years

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Canadian Who Drove Van into Toronto Crowds Given Life Sentence

A Canadian man who in 2018 rammed his rental van into a crowd of pedestrians in downtown Toronto, killing 11 people, was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. Alek Minassian, who was 25 at the time of the attack, was found guilty…

Reuters

Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

A man who plowed a rented van into dozens of people on a busy Toronto street in 2018, killing 11, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

The Guardian - US

‘Incel’ who killed 11 in Toronto van murders sentenced to life in prison

Witnesses at Monday hearing describe devastation from 2018 attack in which Alek Minassian ploughed rented van into busy sidewalk

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