A man accused of killing 10 people by plowing a van into pedestrians in Toronto last year stopped only after his windshield was obscured by a splashed drink, a police interrogation video showed Friday.
Alek Minassian, 26, was charged with 10 counts of premeditated murder and 16 counts of attempted murder following the attack in April 2018.
He was arrested immediately afterwards, and in a four-hour interrogation video Minassian told a police officer that "the only reason I stopped my attack was because someone's drink got splashed on my windshield."
"If I'm going to live, I'd rather not encounter a physically painful experience, so I decided I have no choice but to admit defeat at that point."
He recalled them laughing at him and throwing their arms around "obnoxious brutes."
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