“Eat junk food, visit my ex-girlfriend, drink, smoke,” Menhaz replied. Menhaz Zaman pleaded guilty to the 2019 murders on Thursday. “The shame of not doing what one is supposed to do leads to an explosion of violence. Under a white canopy tent, Menhaz hung back in a corner with his younger cousin and a family friend. The murders sent a current of fear through the Zamans’ community about the clash between traditional expectations and the realities of growing up Generation Z in North America. “I did this because I don’t want my parents to feel the shame of having a son like me.” He continued: “I’m a pathetic coward and a subhuman. Momotaz’s outgoing nature helped the couple integrate comfortably into Scarborough’s growing Bangladeshi expat community. The first was on June 28, with 40 friends gathered in the Zamans’ backyard, where yawning pink lilies and bright clusters of geraniums cascaded from their pots. Prompted by the killings, the seminar was designed to address the communication gap between kids and parents, with a psychiatrist and psychologist on hand to answer questions. Menhaz has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and is being held in police custody. And Menhaz was an especially gleeful troll, freely slinging homophobic slurs and disparaging religion in general and Islam in particular. They’d never forgive him. They ached as his father left for an afternoon and evening shift in the cab, and they ached as Malesa, by then studying science at York, left to work at her part-time job, as a cashier at the nearby Food Basics. Moniruz would hit Malesa if she came home too late, and their altercations occasionally grew so vicious that neighbours would call the police. Please see our Commenting Policy for more. Or a cigarette.” A Toronto gamer named Bianca eventually connected Menhaz’s PayPal account to his home address. Fastenmonat der Muslime. “It’s been my plan for 3 years. He allegedly posted details of the deaths in an online chat community, including photos of what are believed to be his dead family members and how they were killed. “They were so polite.” A couple of weeks later, their friends came together in Taylor Creek Park for a picnic, the way they had so often with Moniruz and Momotaz before, to mourn the family. Theirs was a world of high expectations, and the Zamans worked hard to cultivate a reputation for deeply rooted family values and a tireless work ethic. On July 28, 2019, York Regional Police said officers were called to a home on Castlemore Avenue, near Mingay Avenue and southwest of Major MacKenzie Drive East and Markham Road, just before 3 p.m. with a report multiple people may have been injured. Want even more Toronto Life? He attributed his social difficulties to autism—a diagnosis most friends doubt he ever had—and called himself the most famous “autist” in the game. Soon, he was fantasizing about killing his parents. A diminutive woman, she had long dark eyebrows and a quick, generous smile. “I’ve never drank alcohol. When his father was home, though, he’d slip on his headphones to drown out the yelling and escape into his online worlds, playing video games for hours in his room. A video gamer in Tunisia says he has turned over to Toronto-area police disturbing messages and images that a Canadian man accused of killing four family members allegedly posted online. Every morning for months, he slipped his laptop into his backpack, left his parents’ home and walked down Castlemore to the bus stop on 16th Avenue. He spent three years planning how to do it. He liked to wear traditional panjabis, and when Momotaz went out shopping with her girlfriends, she would buy him armloads in shades of orange and yellow and bring them home to him. In high school, while carrying a 92 per cent average, she got suspended for flipping off a teacher in class. Weekends were spent with friends and family, at picnics or movies or shopping the bazaars. The Zamans set clear goals for their children, and Momotaz regaled her friends with stories about their successes. As the months passed, Menhaz still left the house at the same time every day, but stopped taking the bus all the way to York. 'I didn't sleep': Tunisian man says he gave accused Markham killer's messages to police, Alleged Markham killer sent messages about murdering family months ago, sources say, 4 killed in Markham, Ont., were part of the same family, friend says, Quadruple homicide suspect sent messages, images to online chat after slayings: sources, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. He is expected to appear in court again on Oct. 26. Menhaz stood up and gave a speech, telling revellers how lucky he was to have parents as kind and generous as his were, and everyone clapped. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. They asked him why he did it, why he didn’t confide in anyone, why he felt like murder was the only way out. "I've slaughtered my entire family, and will most likely spend life in jail if I manage to survive," says one of the messages a user named "Menhaz" posted on the chat. A few months later, he was suspended from Discord for a couple of weeks for making offensive comments. Instead, he’d get off at Markham’s Markville mall. If convicted, Menhaz Zaman will fall into a specific subset of mass murderers known as family annihilators. Once more, Menhaz returned to his laptop, chatting with friends on Discord. They said Zaman, who lived in the house, opened the door to investigators and was taken into custody shortly afterwards. “Often, they’re squeaky clean, repressed, and there’s a lot of family pressure,” Websdale says. Officers announced Menhaz Zaman was charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Malesa, on the other hand, was a rebel, reckoning with the conflict between her family’s traditional values and the everyday business of being a teenager. There would be two anniversary parties. When he wasn’t bringing his mother’s groceries in from the car or shovelling the driveway or going to mosque on Fridays with his father, he was tucked away in his bedroom on his laptop. His insides ached as he tried to eat. The parents were scared. Then, the source says, he turned to his grandmother and attacked her. York Regional Police said they couldn't comment on any evidence received. The gamer said he reached out to police in Canada to alert them to the disturbing postings, which he has also shared with The Canadian Press. By Katherine Laidlaw | February 25, 2020. It’s all very selfish. Their cellphones just kept ringing. At some point, it is believed he slit all four of his family members’ throats with a kitchen knife, possibly to ensure they were dead. In 2017, Moniruz was arrested for shoplifting from a Canadian Tire in Markham; the charges were dropped in exchange for community service. “We always think the family ties are closer in families that come from that part of the world,” Khandker says. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. During his first year at York, he started missing classes. But when he saw a selfie showing Menhaz holding a bloody knife, he called Crime Stoppers International.
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