However, there is no evidence that it was a terrorist act.. This was stated by the head of the local police Mark Saunders. According to him, this conclusion was reached, "based on eyewitness accounts. and based on the overall assessment of ". On several questions about whether the incident was a terrorist attack, the police chief did not directly answer. He only repeated the statement of the Minister of Public Security of Canada Ralph Goodale about the lack of connection of the incident "with national security". However, Sainders did not rule out any versions. It is too early to draw any conclusions, he noted.. Meanwhile, Canadian police have identified the identity of the driver of a van that rammed pedestrians. This is the 25-year-old Alec Minassian. The police had previously known about him, but he was not involved with terrorists, notes "The Fifth Channel". Guardians of the order find out the motives of the attacker. The other details they have not yet shared.

The van hit pedestrians on Young Street in the northern part of Toronto. Killed 10 people, injured 16, the state of the five critical. After the auto attack, the driver left, but the police found him and detained him.

At first the criminal threatened the guards with guns, but changed his mind about shooting and surrendered. Minister of Public Security and Civil Protection of Canada Ralph Goodale urged citizens to wait for the expertise of specialists and not to hurry to call the incident a terrorist attack, recalls the TV channel "360". Information on the fact that the participants in the G7 summit could be the target of the attack was not received by the authorities, he added..