Just been announced that a 10th person has died.

We have a big presence in my neighbourhood although that could also be concern about Leafs fans rioting should Boston knock them out.

Number of deaths now 10 confirmed.

I saw that on his page, I left him alone, lot left a comment saying he should close his page. The Alex is wrong, the murdering scum sucking ass bag is an Alek.

The surname sounds Armenian, which would mean he isn't Muslim. If he does turn out to be an Armenian Muslim that would be highly, highly, highly unusual particularly in the context of that country's geopolitical situation. Religious polarisation in the Caucasus based on ethnic/national factors is high. Pogroms not uncommon, even in recent times.

They've been doing this for a couple of years now precautionarily since the attacks in London and Paris for Baseball games.

Looks like a nutter lone wolf.

If he has a political agenda he will be a terrorist.

I noticed Arabic writing on some of the windows in photos.

I don't know Toronto very well, does that neighbourhood have a lot of migrants from Islamic areas like Pakistan, the Middle East, etc?

Before we brush this aside as another "lone nut" after another one of the "fastest police investigations in history," consider what I wrote earlier about Christian-Muslim pogroms in the part of the world the killer apparently hails from, or at least has lineage from. That sort of baggage doesn't just get automatically dropped behind at a Canadian (or German) border because someone's family migrated. Canadians have certainly already learned that lesson.

Consider why they might have migrated . . .

Inter-ethnic strife being imported to Western countries, is something officials have been worrying about for a while.

So let's not wave this off just yet as a lone nut. It may well be! But certainly a police investigation like this can't be concluded in a matter of a few hours - no matter how politically beneficial that might be to some figures.

Where does he hail from or at least has lineage from and how did that influence his act?

I believe he's actually turning off the sirens from the car and attempting to talk to the guy.

Yes, could be. There's a new video from above which fills in the gaps a bit and he does appear to surrender to the officer.

Remarkable restraint from the officer.

Yep, in the video online today it shows it. Last night I saw one that was shot from above that shows the back and forth dance, the officer holstering his weapon and approaching with his baton as the suspect goes to the sidewalk.

His actions have US Police scratching their heads..

Toronto van attack: How is the suspect not dead? - BBC News

Yeah....its only in the trigger happy US that the supspect would have been shot dead.... this situation would have been handled very similar to this in the UK too.

The Sammy Yatim case was a one off I think, but it tarnished the image of the police in Canada.

I think the only reason the suspect isn't dead/ wasn't shot is because the officer was confident he wasn't armed.

Still commendable how he handled it.

I remember watching this video a few years ago and feeling quite proud that this guy wasn't shot. Talk about a team effort!