25-year-old mows down 10 with van on Toronto Sidewalk

Toronto, April 24: Ten persons have been killed and 15 injured after a man ploughed a rental van through pedestrians on a city sidewalk here. The driver was arrested after a tense standoff with police.

The incident occurred around 1.30 p.m. on Monday when the van driver mounted the sidewalk of city's famous Yonge Street. He sped over a two-kilometre stretch till his van hit a bus shelter. The entire stretch presented a ghastly scene as bodies, debris and items of clothing lay scattered on it.

The van driver has been identified as 25-year-old Alek Minassian from the city outskirts' Richmond Hill.

"There's nothing on our files. There's nothing that we have on him right now. It (the accident) looks intentional and as a result 10 people are now not with us," said Saunders. Police said that the incident appeared deliberate but no motive was clear.