Three new charges of attempted murder have been laid against the man accused in a deadly van attack in Toronto last month.

Police have said eight women and two men died after Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, Ont., allegedly drove a rental van down a busy sidewalk on April 23.

Authorities initially said 13 people were injured that day, but further investigation revealed three others were also hurt.

Minassian was already charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.

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He appeared in a north Toronto court by video on Thursday and said nothing as the three new charges were laid. The case was adjourned to Sept. 14.

Outside court, Minassian鈥檚 lawyer said he didn鈥檛 want to talk about how his client was doing.

鈥淭his isn鈥檛 a time to discuss Mr. Minassian, this is still a grieving period for the city,鈥� Boris Bytensky told reporters. 鈥淭here are many families that are grieving for those lives lost and those injured. Our thoughts, the Minassian family鈥檚 thoughts, are with them.鈥�

Bytensky added that he had no intention of litigating the case through the press or the public.

鈥淚鈥檓 well aware of the emotion in the city about this. I鈥檝e very respectful of that,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 not going to float things for purposes of suspicious. I simply am going to reassure people that we will handle this case as professionally as possible, as I know the Crown will as well.鈥�

Those who died in last month鈥檚 attack ranged in age from 22 to 94, and included a student from South Korea and a man from Jordan.

Insp. Bryan Bott, the head of Toronto鈥檚 homicide squad, said shortly after the attack that police hadn鈥檛 identified a motive, but that the evidence they had didn鈥檛 meet the threshold for terrorism charges.

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