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| “ | Private (Recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt 4chan, please. C23249161. The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger! | „ |
| ~ Alek Minassian in a Facebook post shortly before the attack |
Alek Minassian (November 3, 1992-) is a Canadian mass murderer who killed 10 people during a van attack in Toronto on April 23, 2018. On March 3, 2021, he was found guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, and on June 13, 2022, he was given a life sentence with 25 years of parole ineligibility.[1]
Early Life edit
Alek was born on November 3, 1992, in Richmond Hill, Ontario to a father from Armenia and a mother from Iran. He attended Sixteenth Avenue Public School, where he was put into a special needs class and was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. He later transferred to Thornlea Secondary School, where classmates described him as harmless and not overly social. In 2011, he enrolled at Seneca College to study software development. During his time at college, he joined the Canadian Armed Forces for 2 months where a senior military officer said that Alek wasn't adapting to the military life.
After being ridiculed by some women at a Halloween party in 2013, Alek began to resent women (particularly "alpha" women whom he referred to as "Stacys"). In the weeks before Elliot Rodger's mass shooting in 2014, which he claimed in his manifesto was revenge for his involuntary celibacy, Alek had contact with him on Reddit and came to believe that the attack was part of a rebellion against a society dominated by "Chads" (alpha men) and "Stacys".[2] In a Facebook post hours before the attack, he called himself an incel (an abbreviation for "involuntary celibate", a person who believes that his sexual inactivity is the result of factors beyond his control) and showed support for Elliot Rodger, who he referred to as the "Supreme Gentleman."[3]
The Attack edit
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.[4] 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.[5]
Victims edit
Deceased edit
- Beutis Renuka Amarasinghe, 45
- Andrea Bradden, 33
- Geraldine Brady, 83
- So He Chung, 22
- Anne Marie D'Amico, 30
- Mary Elizabeth Forsyth, 94
- Chul Min Kang, 45
- Jin Hun Kim, 22
- Munir Naijar, 85
- Dorothy Sewell, 80
- Amaresh Tesfamariam, 65
- Confirmed deceased as of October 28, 2021
Injured edit
- Xiaolong An, 21
- Robert Anderson, 59
- Mavis Justino, 42
- Amir Kiumarsi, 52
- Aleksandra Kozhevinikova, 92
- Morgan McDougall, 26
- Hyeon Jeong Moon, 25
- Jun Seok Park, 33
- Samantha Peart, 23
- So Ra, 23
- Catherine Riddell, 67
- Dina Risin, 80
- Samantha Samson, 35
- Beverly Smith, 81
- Yunsheng Tian, 28
References edit
- ↑ 'These lives were precious': Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison
- ↑ How the Toronto Van Attack Suspect Was Radicalized by Incels, Rolling Stone
- ↑ The Toronto suspect apparently posted about an 'incel rebellion.' Here's what that means, CNN
- ↑ Twenty-five minutes of horror on Yonge Street: How the Toronto van attack unfolded, The Globe and Mail
- ↑ What we know about Alek Minassian, man charged in deadly Toronto van attack, CBC News