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{{person|name=Alek Minassian|occupation=Software Development (sporadically)|birthday=November 3, 1992|ethnicity=Armenian father and Iranian Armenian mother|image=File:Minassian.jpg}} | {{person|name=Alek Minassian|occupation=Software Development (sporadically)|birthday=November 3, 1992|ethnicity=Armenian father and Iranian Armenian mother|image=File:Minassian.jpg}} | ||
'''Alek Minassian''' is a [[Foreveralone|/r/foreveralone]] and [[4chan]] former user,<ref name=":0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4808&v=VyHgtSy41VM 1:25:00</ref> [[autistic]], [[involuntarily celibate]], former special needs student of Armenian descent. Despite being put in special classes as a child, psychometric assessment conducted prior to his trial found him to be articulate, with a verbal [[IQ]] of around 122. His level of [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207541/ adaptive functioning], however, was found to be "similar to that of a young child".<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/minassian-trial-nov-30-1.5822171</ref> | '''Alek Minassian''' is a [[Foreveralone|/r/foreveralone]] and [[4chan]] former user,<ref name=":0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4808&v=VyHgtSy41VM 1:25:00</ref> [[autistic]], [[involuntarily celibate]], former special needs student of Armenian descent. Despite being put in special classes as a child, psychometric assessment conducted prior to his trial found him to be articulate, with a high verbal [[IQ]] of around 122. His level of [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207541/ adaptive functioning], however, was found to be "similar to that of a young child".<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/minassian-trial-nov-30-1.5822171</ref> | ||
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.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/517109-toronto-van-attack-guilty/</ref> He was later sentenced life in prison, serving several concurrent sentences, with the possibility of parole after a minimum term of 25 years.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/toronto-van-attacker-sentenced-life-prison-2022-06-13/</ref> | 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.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/517109-toronto-van-attack-guilty/</ref> He was later sentenced life in prison, serving several concurrent sentences, with the possibility of parole after a minimum term of 25 years.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/toronto-van-attacker-sentenced-life-prison-2022-06-13/</ref> | ||
Minassian called for an "incel rebellion" in a Facebook post prior to the massacre, and paid homage to the late Elliot Rodger. | |||
Later in the hearings, government officials claimed that 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 claimed to be that he was about to fail in his job and live an insignificant life, so he decided instead to achieve [[Statusmaxx|notoriety]] through a mass murder. Even though he claimed sympathizing with [[Elliot Rodger]], 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, government officials claimed that 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 claimed to be that he was about to fail in his job and live an insignificant life, so he decided instead to achieve [[Statusmaxx|notoriety]] through a mass murder. Even though he claimed sympathizing with [[Elliot Rodger]], 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> | ||