‘Brutal, cowardly, and brazen act of violence’: MPs, leaders demand action after four members of Muslim family killed in what police are treating as a hate-motivated crime in London, Ont.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the killing of four members of a Muslim family in London Ont., a ‘terrorist attack,’ while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said it shows ‘Muslims aren't safe’ in Canada.

From left, Conservative Senator Salma Ataullahjan, NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, and Liberal MP Arif Virani expressed sadness and shock at the deaths of four members of a Muslim family following a June 6 attack in London, Ont. Photograph courtesy of Inter-Parliamentary Union, The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Shruti Shekar

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BY PALAK MANGAT AND SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 8, 2021

Politicians uniformly condemned the “terrorist attack” in London, Ont., that killed four members of a Muslim family, with one Liberal MP reflecting on the “desperately bad place” the country and community is now in. Father...

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