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Toronto police say woman severely hurt in 2018 van attack has died of her injuries

Nov 11, 2021 | 6:48 PM

TORONTO — Police say a woman who was severely hurt in the 2018 Toronto van attack has died of her injuries in hospital.

Toronto police say in a release that Amaresh Tessamariam, who was 65, died on Oct. 28.

She had been in hospital since April 23, 2018, after Alek Minassian drove a rental van down the sidewalk of Yonge Street killing 10 people and injuring another 16.

Minassian was convicted in March of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.

Toronto police say Tessamariam’s death is now considered a homicide and investigators continue to work with the Office of the Chief Coroner and Crown Attorneys’ Office on the case.

Minassian is to be sentenced next year.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 11, 2021

The Canadian Press