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'Good friends do exist': London attack victims remembered at sentencing hearing

The victims of the London attack remembered

LONDON, Ont. - A father revered by relatives for his seemingly endless generosity; a devoted mother who persevered through obstacles; a grandmother who painted cartoon characters for her grandchildren and a teenage girl who a friend described as a "giver of hope."

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'Good friends do exist': London attack victims remembered at sentencing hearing

Family and friends of the Afzaal family speak to the media outside Superior Court of Justice in Windsor, Ont., after a verdict in the Nathaniel Veltman murder trial was reached, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Veltman's killings on June 6, 2021 in London Ont. have prompted calls for Canada to confront Islamophobia and raised new concerns about the threats of online radicalization. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dax Melmer

LONDON, Ont. - A father revered by relatives for his seemingly endless generosity; a devoted mother who persevered through obstacles; a grandmother who painted cartoon characters for her grandchildren and a teenage girl who a friend described as a "giver of hope."

They were the victims of the deadly attack against four members of a Muslim family perpetrated by a self-proclaimed white nationalist.

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