The number of deaths in the Labo Labo Festival attack is up to 11

The Philippine Vancouver community left in a state of shock and and a dedication after an attack on cars that shocked 11 people on Saturday.

The attack, which took place at the annual Labo Labo Festival, which celebrates the Filipino culture, left dozens of wounded.

The event organizers said that the Filipino society represented in the city is “sad” and that the impact of the attack will feel for years to come.

A 30 -year -old suspect has been detained – the police said he has a history of mental health -.

The police have not yet revealed a motive for the attack, but they said they did not believe that it was a terrorist act.

The attack took place at about 20:14 local time on Saturday (03:14 GMT) on East 43 and Farzer Street in southern Vancouver.

In the scene on Sunday, people began to put flowers and pay their respect.

One woman doubled to cry before walking. Another woman, Donna, said that she lived in the neighborhood for more than 50 years.

She was at the festival and said she was full of youth and families.

“People were here to celebrate and enjoy,” she told the BBC. “This is tragic.”

“Last night was very difficult and society will feel this for a long time,” said RJ Aquino, President of the Philippine BC, said last night.

“We know that there are many questions that float and we have all the answers, but we want to tell everyone that we are sad.”

Mr. Akino said that the attack caused great confusion and chaos in the Filipino society interconnected in the city, as many residents contacted each other to check their loved ones.

“I don’t think my phone has a lot in my entire life,” he said. “There was a lot of panic, as you know, comfort, when someone answered.”

At a separate press conference on Sunday, the Vancouver police chief, Steve Ray, said he was “the darkest day” in the history of the city.

“Dozens of people were injured in the attack, some of them seriously.

“The number of dead may rise in the coming days or weeks,” he told reporters, adding that men, women and youth were among the victims.

The suspect – who was not named – was detained by police officers after being detained by passers -by at the scene.

While Ray refused to define any possible motive, he said that “he could say with confidence that the evidence in this case does not lead us to believe that this was a terrorist act.”

He added that the suspect “has a great history of interactions with police and health care specialists.”

Official criminal charges have not yet been submitted.

The festival is held in Vancouver – home to more than 140,000 Canadians of Filipino origin – every year to celebrate the hero of Labu Labu, a national hero who resisted Spanish colonialism in the fifteenth century.

Tens of thousands of people were attending at this event.

According to Rai, the police conducted an assessment of the threats before the festival, and partially closed a road on a school behind a school where the largest part of the celebrations was.

He added that there was nothing to indicate a higher threat level of this event.

The street in which the attack took place was largely used by food trucks and there were no barriers in place.

Ray said that the accident would be “the moment of water gatherings” for city officials and the first respondents.

The attack came before the Canadian federal elections on April 28, prompting Prime Minister Mark Carne to cancel the large congregations of the liberal party supporters in Calgary and Riccolid.

It is expected that the smaller events that focus on society in Sassaton and Edonton will continue as planned.

In a televised speech to the Canadians, Carney said it was “sadness” and “destroyed” the attack.

His campaign said he would visit Vancouver on Sunday.

The main candidate for the opposition, Pierre Bolpieri, continued the campaigns, but he stopped in a church in a church in Mississoga – a suburb of Toronto – to meet members of the Philippine society.

Before his wife Anaida Poilievre, the conservative leader expressed his condolences. “I wanted to be here with solidarity,” he said to those present at the church.

Meanwhile, the leader of the new Democratic Party in Colombia David Ebi said he was “shocked and sad.”

One of the new Canadian political leaders, Jagmeet Singh, was among those who attended the Labo Labo Festival on Saturday, then his planned events on Sunday.

He said it was “breaking the heart” to see that “such joy could fill violently.

“I saw the families gathered together, I saw children dancing, and I saw a pride in culture, in history and society,” he added.