
The women-hating Toronto who ranted about his 'involuntary celibacy' before he moved down pedestrians with his van appeared to have targeted female victims.

Authorities confirmed that the majority of the ten killed and 14 left injured in the attack by Alek Minassian, 25, were women. Injuries ranged from a few bumps and scrapes to 'terrible' and potentially life threatening wounds.

Victims of the deadly rampage include Anne Marie D'Amico, an employee at Invesco investment management firm, who was the first victim to be identified, as well as a Seneca College student, a Jordanian citizen and two South Koreans. A third South Korean national was hit but survived and is recovering in hospital.

Seneca College, based in Toronto, confirmed that one of its students died in the attack although they have not yet been identified. 'Our thoughts are with all those affected, including the family and friends of one of our students who died as a result of the tragic incident,' the college said in email to Global News.

The Korean and Jordanian consulates also confirmed that their citizens had been among the victims of the 'heinous' attack.

During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders and Homicide Detective Sergeant Graham Gibson said they were waiting to speak to all the families of the deceased before releasing more names. Saunders added that it was just seven minutes between receiving the 911 call and arresting Minassian - an Asperger's sufferer who dropped out of army training after just 16 days.

They also confirmed they were investigating the Facebook post Minassian made, speaking admiringly of Santa Barbara shooter and fellow women-hating social reject Elliot Rodger and has been described as a socially awkward tech expert.

In this courtroom sketch, Alek Minassian (wearing a white jumpsuit, second from left) was in court where he was charged with ten counts of first degree murder and 13 of attempted murder. He is pictured next to Duty counsel Georgia Koulis, left, Justice of the Peace Stephen Waisberg (center), and Crown prosecutor Joe Callaghan (right)

Social media posts by Minassian, 25, paint a picture of an angry young man, who was furious that women rejected his sexual advances.

In one post, he refers to the rebellion of 'incels' - a term used to refer to men who have been made 'involuntarily celibate' because women will not have sex with them.

He announced: 'The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys!'

Chad is a term used to refer to sexually active men among the incel community. A Stacy is an attractive, cheerleader type who only sleeps with Chads, according to the incel definition.

'All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!' he continued.

Rodger massacred six people at the University of California Santa Barbara in 2014, before killing himself.

During his rampage, he uploaded a video titled 'Elliot Rodger's Retribution', where he explained that he wanted to punish women for rejecting him, and envied more successful men and wantedto punish them for their sexual activity.

Alek Minassian, 25, (left) named by police as the Toronto attack suspect, was a socially awkward computer whiz, friends said. Meanwhile, the first of his ten victims has been named as Anne Marie D'Amico (right) an employee at Invesco investment management firm

While Rodger did not directly identify himself as incel, the video manifesto he uploaded, describing how he will kill 'entitled s**ts because they rejected him, has made him an incel figurehead.

In the video, Rodger also describes himself as 'the supreme gentleman'.

The Toronto suspect's post had begun with Minassian referring to himself as a military Private, asking to speak to 'sgt 4chan' - a reference to the notorious social messaging board, which has often been tied to the alt-right.

'Private (Recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt 4chan please. C23249161,' the post began.

Investigators told CNN and NBC that they believe the Facebook profile is linked to the Toronto attack suspect.

The suspect made his first court appearance today, wearing a white jumpsuit with his hands cuffed behind him, where was charged with ten counts of first degree murder and 13 of attempted murder.

Minassian said very little, except from answering 'yes' to whether he understands that he is not to have any contact with the attempted murder victims, Toronto Star reporter Betsy Powell tweeted.

The hearing, which lasted little over five minutes, ended with the court ordering Minassian to be detained until his next hearing on May 10, where he will appear via video link.

Minassian's father sat weeping in the front row during the court appearance. As he left the courthouse, he told reporters he hadn't spoken to his son, but told the assembled press he was 'sorry'.

He does not yet appear to have a lawyer.

Minassian's social media pages indicate he was someone with a grudge against women and those who were more socially successful than himself. In one Facebook post, he announced: 'The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys!'

Social media posts by an account linked to Minassian mentioned US mass shooter Elliot Rodger and a community called 'incel' which is made up of mostly men who are rejected by women, and are therefore 'involuntarily celibate'

'INCELS' AND HOW SANTA BARBARA SHOOTER ELLIOT RODGER BECAME THEIR POSTER BOY 'Incel' stands for 'involuntary celibate' and is a term used by a certain group of men who blame their inability to form relationships and have sex on women. The movement was actually started by a Canadian woman named Alana, who created the Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project, as she wanted to 'create a movement that was open to anybody and everybody' and said she believed that typical gender norms 'burdened everyone'. But it was soon taken over by men who felt entitled to sex and angry that women weren't providing it. Alana told Elle magazine in 2016 she felt: 'Like a scientist who invented something that ended up being a weapon of war, I can't uninvent this word, nor restrict it to the nicer people who need it.' Incel groups have been accused of inciting violence and misogyny online and numerous communities and subreddits have been banned over their content. Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old virgin who massacred six people at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2014, has become something of a poster boy for incels after he blamed his murder spree on the fact that he couldn't persuade women to have sex with him. Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old virgin who massacred six people at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2014, has become something of a poster boy for incels after he blamed his murder spree on the fact that he couldn't persuade women to have sex with him 'I'm 22 years old and I'm still a virgin. I've never even kissed a girl,' he said in a video that he released shortly before the rampage. 'College is the time when everyone experiences those things such as sex and fun and pleasure. But in those years I've had to rot in loneliness. It's not fair. You girls have never been attracted to me. I don't know why you girls aren't attracted to me. But I will punish you all for it.' He repeatedly promised to 'punish' women and lays out his plan for 'retribution' in the video. 'I'm going to enter the hottest sorority house of UCSB and I will slaughter every single spoilt, stuck-up, blonde s**t that I see inside there. 'All those girls that I've desired so much, they would've all rejected me and looked down on me as an inferior man if I ever made a sexual advance towards them,' he said. 'I'll take great pleasure in slaughtering all of you. You will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one.' Many online community boards for incels have sympathy for Rodger's attack, which ended in him killing himself, and some even praise the killing spree. Last November, Reddit banned a 40,000-strong community dedicated to the 'involuntarily celibate' over worrying posts which revealed many members appeared to hate women and even advocated rape. Popular posts, according to the Guardian, included 'all women are sluts'; 'proof that girls are nothing but trash that use men' and 'reasons why women are the embodiment of evil'. Another Reddit group, IncelTears - set up to monitor the group - found many examples where the group condoned rape or even argued it should be legal. Another member was caught posing as a woman on a legal advice group to ask questions about how someone could get away with rape. Rodger killed six people and then himself at the University of Santa Barbara in 2014 after recording a manifesto in which he ranted against 'entitled s**ts' who rejected his advances The group were banned after Reddit updated its site-wide policy to prohibit content that 'encourages, glorifies, incites or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or group of people'. But there are plenty of other groups dedicated to incels which also reveal a violent streak. Shortly after Rodger's massacre, blog That Incel Blogger, said that the attack was 'punishment for evil and violence of feminists and liberals.' A post on Love-shy.com, another forum for men who are unable to find someone to have sex with, wrote that they were thinking about doing the same as Rodger. 'I am seriously thinking about just getting a gun and shooting everything up,' he said, according to Salon. 'I fantasize about it everyday … that's how f**ked up my mind is.' 'I think if I do end up going on a mass shooting spree it will be due to the mental damage/stress from being isolated from meaningful human contact for too long. If/when that ever happens, can I really be blamed for murder if I've lost my mental faculties to judge right from wrong?' Some of the more pathetic posters write about yearning for a 'simpler' time when women had less rights than men/ In one discussion, one man wrote that for most of human history, 'there was no such thing as dating. For 99% of human history, females did not choose their sexual partners. 'If they were LUCKY, they would be given to worthy men in arranged marriages. If they were UNLUCKY, they would be seized as spoils of war and end up as sex slaves.' Another responded: 'Maybe feminism will destroy itself after all. Either by its folly or men destroying s**t & raping the hell out of women to fight back in denying men's sexual rights.' Advertisement

Vahe Minassian, father of Alek Minassian, is surrounded by members of the media as he leaves court with a police escort in Toronto on Tuesday

Minassian's father sat weeping in the front row during the court appearance. As he left the courthouse, he told reporters he hadn't spoken to his son, but told the assembled press he was 'sorry' (pictured)

The Canadian Armed Forces issued on Tuesday confirmed that Minassian 'was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 2 months in late 2017 – from 23 August until 25 October.'

But he failed to complete his recruit training and dropped out after just 16 days.

His mother Sona Minassian had previously told a local paper in 2009 that her son had Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism.

Elsewhere, a LinkedIn account under Minassian's name revealed him to be a student of Seneca College, in the North York neighborhood where the attack took place.

There, classmates told the Globe and Mail that he was a socially awkward computer studies student.

One person who had worked on a project with Minassian said he appeared to suffer from a social disability, and had physical tics that he struggled to control - shaking his hands and tapping his head.

Minassian has been taken into police custody and is due to appear in court on Tuesday. Police have not disclosed his motive, but sources suggested mental illness was a factor

Ten people were killed and 14 injured after a van mounted the pavement at a busy intersection on Monday before driving into pedestrians

Two other classmates also said he was socially disabled.

Shereen Chami, a classmate of Minassian's from Thornlea Secondary School, also remembered him attending classes for people with special needs.

She said he used to walk the halls with his hands together and his head down, and making meowing noises

Chami said he was not a social person, but she doesn't remember him as violent.

Ari Bluff, another classmate of Minassian's from Thornlea, told CBC News that he was 'not overly social' and lacked a close friend circle.

'I never saw him with a group of friends, generally. But whenever we would see him in the hallways, we'd always speak to him or say hi to him or whatnot,' Bluff said.

Minassian is now in custody and was due in court on Tuesday morning.

Police have not publicly discussed a motive for the attack but Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said he does not believe it was terrorism.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau downplayed the terrorism angle this morning, saying that authorities see no national security threat in the case

He added that 'All Canadians stand united with Toronto today' while speaking in front of the House of Commons Tuesday morning (pictured)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau downplayed the terrorism angle this morning, saying that authorities see no national security threat in the case.

He told a news conference that the incident 'hasn't changed the overall threat level in Canada,' even though it occurred as Cabinet ministers from the G7 nations gathered in Toronto.

Trudeau says Canada will do whatever it can to keep its citizens safe, while staying true to its values.

Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, he said, 'We cannot as Canadians choose to live in fear every single day as we go about our daily business.'

'The events that took place yesterday in Toronto were a senseless attack and horrific tragedy. On behalf of all Canadians, I offer my deepest heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of all those who were killed and we wish a full recovery to those injured and stand with the families and friends of the victims,' he added, while speaking in front of the House of Commons Tuesday morning.

'All Canadians stand united with Toronto today.'

Several law enforcement sources told NBC that mental illness may be the cause.

Police say they are now working to identify all his victims, and contact their families and next of kin.

Family, friends and coworkers of D'Amico have began paying tribute to the victim.

Witnesses break down in tears at the scene of the Toronto van attack that left ten dead on Monday

People sign a memorial after a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk in Toronto, killing at least 10 people

Peter Intraligi, president of Invesco Canada, confirmed her death in a statement to CBC.

'Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with all those impacted by this tragic event,' Intraligi said. 'I can now confirm that unfortunately one of our employees has succumbed to her injuries. Out of respect for her and her family, we will not be providing any further comments.'

Coworkers at the firm have been devastated by the loss of D'Amico who was described as 'full of life, loved to travel, loved to help volunteer.'

'She was a very warm, friendly presence in the office,' colleague Jon Tam said. 'Always smiling. I'll definitely be missing seeing that smile around the office.'