Morning Update: London attack suspect admitted to act of ‘terrorism,’ Crown says


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Good morning, A man charged with killing four members of a Muslim family as part of an alleged terrorist act motivated by white nationalism admitted he was the person behind the attack, a Crown prosecutor told jurors as testimony began yesterday. Crown attorney Sarah Shaikh alleged that Nathaniel Veltman confessed to police after his arrest that he had no regrets ramming his truck into the Afzaal family, and that his actions were “politically motivated, 100 per cent.” Shaikh also said that Veltman was acting on the same violent ideology that had motivated mass murders in Norway and New Zealand. Veltman...