Editing Alek Minassian (section)

== The Attack ==
In the months leading to April 2018, Alek gradually showed his true colours.

On April 23, 2018, Alek rented a Ryder van and drove to Finch Avenue, where he ran a red light and drove down the sidewalk and began hitting people, during the attack, he re-entered on to the roadway and a witness said that Alek looked at his victims in the eye before killing them. His attack stopped at Mel Lastman Square, where he was arrested.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-twenty-five-minutes-of-horror-on-yonge-street-how-the-attack-unfolded/ Twenty-five minutes of horror on Yonge Street: How the Toronto van attack unfolded], ''The Globe and Mail''</ref> After his arrest, he attempted suicide by a cop, demanding the officer shoot him in the head while holding an object which he attempted to pass off as a gun. The officer recognised it wasn't and subdued him with his baton.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-van-attack-driver-profile-alek-minassian-1.4632435 What we know about Alek Minassian, man charged in deadly Toronto van attack], ''CBC News''</ref>