Plows the car at the Vancouver Festival, killing people

The driver of the plowing of a group of party pioneers who attended a Filipino festival in the street on Saturday evening in Vancouver, British Columbia, killing at least nine people, according to the local authorities.

Vancouver police said earlier that they were investigating a “mass victim” in the neighborhood bloc party. Police said they took a “alone suspect” in the reservation at the scene: the driver, a 30 -year -old Vancouver man.

Vancouver police said in an email, but they excluded terrorists as a motive. Photos published by news agencies appeared to show black SUVs with great damage to the front of the car, and the deployment of airbags.

“At about 8:14 pm on April 26, a man went to a large crowd of people who attended the Labo Labo Festival near Sharq 43 Street and Fraser Street,” said Vancouver Police in A. mail On social media. DaU Lapu Lapu, a national hero in the Philippines, celebrates.

“As of now, we can confirm nine people who have died after he led a man through a crowd of people at the Labo Labo Festival last night,” the police said in another. mail On social media early on Sunday. “Our thoughts with all those affected by this tragic accident.”

At a press conference, Steve Ray, the commander of the temporary police, did not address a possible motivation for the accident, but he said the driver was known to the police. He said that the crowd members subjected the man before the officers reached the scene.

The accident took place less than 48 hours ago Federal elections She was appointed in Canada. When the correspondents were asked if the accident was linked to the elections, Mr. Ray said, “I don’t know anything about it.”

This confirms the first police evaluation that the attack was an isolated event, which will allow the police to operate 10 kilometers and attract more than 45,000 participants last year to move forward on Sunday.

The accident occurred just like APL.DE.AP, a Philippine American rapper and a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, ended a performance of the festival’s music concert on the basis of a secondary school.

Alan Kane, a witness, told CBC that he was immediately before the attack, the crowd was on the street where it occurred “a wall to the walls” and lined it up to the food truck. He said that the street appears to have been banned from traffic only due to the plastic barriers.

Several witnesses told Canadian news that these barriers were withdrawn before the accident. Chris Banglainan, who was selling clothes in Kiosk, said that some cars and trucks were allowed to enter the busy street to allow sellers to fill their parking. He said that the Audi SUV initially moved with caution to the crowd quickly before accelerating, and hit the victims.

“It looked as if we were literally in a war zone,” Mr. Banjelinan told CBC.

Other witnesses said that the driver tried to escape before the passersby.

Prime Minister Mark Carney from Canada said in a social media post that he “was destroyed to hear the horrific events at the Labo Labo Festival in Vancouver earlier in this evening.”

He said: “I offer the deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who were killed and injured, to the Canadian Filipino society, and for everyone in Vancouver.” “We are all sad with you.”

A spokeswoman for Mr. Carney said his agenda for the last day of the campaigns before Monday will be reviewed by the attack.

Vancouver mayor, Ken Sim, He said He was shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific accident. “

Vancouver is proud to be a diverse multicultural city, with More than half of its population Determining themselves as a “visible minority”, according to the 2021 census data.

Labo Labo’s day is an annual celebration in the Philippines, indicating Dato Labo’s memory, who stood against Spanish colonialism. In Vancouver, Festival It was established as an annual event in 2023.

President Ferdinand R. Marcus Junior of the Philippines in a statement on Sunday that he “completely crashed to hear the terrible accident” in Vancouver, and expressed his “deepest sympathy” to the families of the victims.