More charges expected in court today for the accused in Toronto's van attack

Alek Minassian is expected to be charged with more counts of attempted murder in court Thursday. He already has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.
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Alek Minassian is accused of killing 10 people and injuring 16 others in a van attack on April 23. (LinkedIn)

Alek Minassian, the man accused in a deadly van attack in Toronto's North York neighbourhood in April, will appear in court Thursday to face even more charges. 

The 25-year-old will appear at the Finch Avenue courthouse at 10 a.m. 

Minassian had previously been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.

He is expected to be charged with three more counts of attempted murder, bringing the total to 16, according to a previous statement from Toronto police Insp. Bryan Bott.​

    Minassian was arrested on April 23, minutes after after a white van plowed into pedestrians as it sped southbound along a busy sidewalk on Yonge Street from Finch Avenue toward Sheppard Avenue.

    Minassian is accused of killing these 10 people. Top row, from left to right: Anne Marie D'Amico, 30, Dorothy Sewell, 80, Renuka Amarasingha, 45, Munir Najjar, 85, Chul Min (Eddie) Kang, 45, Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Forsyth, 94, Sohe Chung, 22, Andrea Bradden, 33, Ji Hun Kim, 22, Geraldine Brady, 83. (CBC)

    Eight women and two men were killed. The victims ranged in age from 22 to 94.  

      In the end, 16 people were injured and several of them remain in hospital.

      According to Sunnybrook Hospital, seven patients remain in their care. Four of them are in serious condition.