Toronto suspect expressed frustration with relationships

The suspect in Monday’s Toronto van attack might have targeted women out of frustration about not being in a romantic relationship. Alek Minassian, 25, faces first degree murder charges in the deaths of 10 pedestrians plowed down by a van on a Toronto sidewalk. The attack injured 14 others. A Facebook message Minassian posted just before the attack indicated he sympathized with a man who killed six people and wounded others in a stabbing and shooting attack near the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2014. Minassian called attacker Elliot Rodger “the Supreme Gentleman,” adding, “The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys!” The term “incel” means involuntary celibate, and “Chad” and “Stacy” are used in internet forums as slang for people who are voluntarily incelibate. Toronto police said the victims of Monday’s attack were predominantly women, but they would not speculate yet on a motive.