Sri Lankan woman killed in Toronto van attack

A Sri Lankan woman, a mother of one, is among the 10 victims killed in the deadly attack in Toronto where a white van plowed into pedestrians on Yonge Street on Monday. 
 
Renuka Amarasinghe, 48, from Horana had been living in Toronto for the past couple of years, has been identified as one of the victims. The deceased was a single mother of a 7-year-old boy.
 
The bodies of the deceased including that of Renuka have not been released as they haven’t been identified yet.
 
A total of 10 people were killed and 14 were injured when a man plowed a van into a crowd of pedestrians on a Toronto sidewalk Monday afternoon. A man named Alek Minassian appeared in court Tuesday morning on 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.
 
In addition, a Jordanian man visiting relatives, a college student, an 80-year-old grandmother and two South Korean nationals were among those who died in a horrific van attack that shocked residents.