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{{person|name=Alek Minassian|occupation=Software Development, sporadically|birthday=November 3, 1992|ethnicity= | {{person|name=Alek Minassian|occupation=Software Development, sporadically|birthday=November 3, 1992|ethnicity=Armenian|image=File:Minassian.jpg}} | ||
'''Alek Minassian''' is a [[Foreveralone|reddit.com/r/foreveralone]] and [[4chan]] former user,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4808&v=VyHgtSy41VM 1:25:00</ref> autistic, [[Donnelly Study|involuntarily celibate]], former special needs student of | '''Alek Minassian''' is a [[Foreveralone|reddit.com/r/foreveralone]] and [[4chan]] former user,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4808&v=VyHgtSy41VM 1:25:00</ref> autistic, [[Donnelly Study|involuntarily celibate]], former special needs student of Armenian descent. He has been charged with multiple first-degree murders, and also attempted murder charges. On the 3rd of March, 2021, he was found guilty in a Toronto courtroom of 10 first-degree murders and 16 attempted murders, with the minimum sentence for these crimes being life in prison without possibility of parole.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/517109-toronto-van-attack-guilty/</ref> | ||
Later in the hearings, Minassian confessed having lied about being motivated by an "incel rebellion" which he only used as a veneer to get attention on social media. His primary motivation was that he was about to fail in his job and live an insignificant life, so he decided instead to achieve notoriety through a mass murder. Even though he claimed sympathizing with [[Elliot Rodger]]'s manifesto, no evidence was found he intended to murder women in particular.<ref>https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-van-attack-trial-postponed-again-alek-minassian-s-lawyer-confirms-1.4869252</ref><ref>https://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2021ONSC1258.pdf</ref> | Later in the hearings, Minassian confessed having lied about being motivated by an "incel rebellion" which he only used as a veneer to get attention on social media. His primary motivation was that he was about to fail in his job and live an insignificant life, so he decided instead to achieve notoriety through a mass murder. Even though he claimed sympathizing with [[Elliot Rodger]]'s manifesto, no evidence was found he intended to murder women in particular.<ref>https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-van-attack-trial-postponed-again-alek-minassian-s-lawyer-confirms-1.4869252</ref><ref>https://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2021ONSC1258.pdf</ref> | ||