Preventing attacks where vehicles are used as weapons is difficult, but certain urban design measures might help avert them, an expert says.
Two people died and nine others were injured in the Quebec town of Amqui on Monday after being run down by a pickup truck. Police alleged the driver drove into pedestrians chosen at random, including children.
Such measures have been implemented in some urban settings, including in parts of Toronto and Ottawa, Wilner said, but divisions between roadways and pedestrian walkways can be almost non-existent in smaller communities, like Amqui. Vehicles used in attacks, though they can be as deadly as explosives and guns, are easy to rent and buy, Wilner said, making such cases hard to prevent.
Francois Bonnardel, Quebec's public security minister, said Tuesday that the government would try to learn lessons from what happened in Amqui to help prevent future tragedies, but it's hard to fully eliminate all possibility of an isolated attack.
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