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The Latest: Police officer says most victims of attack women

TORONTO (AP) — The Latest on the incident in which a van plowed down a Toronto sidewalk, killing and injuring several people (all times local): A Toronto police official says that women make up most of the victims of the deadly van attack but it's not yet known if they were deliberately targeted. Toronto Police Services Det. Sgt. Graham Gibson says the 10 people killed and 14 injured were "predominantly" women. But he say he has no indication yet that suspect Alek Minassian was directing his rented van into women as he plowed into ...

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Apr 24, 2018

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