Vancouver police safe the scene after a automobile drove right into a crowd on the Lapu Lapu Competition in Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday.
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VANCOUVER — The motive force of a automobile struck revelers at a road pageant in Canada, killing and injuring an unknown variety of individuals on the occasion celebrating Filipino tradition, police stated.
The automobile entered the road at 8:14 p.m. Saturday the place individuals have been attending the Lapu Lapu Day pageant, the Vancouver Police Division stated in a social media submit.
“A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd,” police stated. The precise variety of useless or injured was not instantly accessible.
A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested on the scene and the division’s Main Crime Part is overseeing the investigation, police stated.
The pageant was being held in a South Vancouver neighborhood. Video posted on social media confirmed victims and particles strewn throughout an extended stretch of street, with a minimum of seven individuals mendacity motionless on the bottom. A black SUV with a crumpled entrance part could possibly be seen in nonetheless pictures from the scene.
“I am shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident at today’s Lapu Lapu Day event,” Vancouver Mayor Kenneth Sim stated in a social media submit, including that the town would offer extra info when potential. “Our thoughts are with all those affected and with Vancouver’s Filipino community during this incredibly difficult time.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney and different Canadian political figures posted messages expressing shock on the violence, condolences for victims and assist for the neighborhood celebrating its heritage on the pageant.
“I offer my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed and injured, to the Filipino Canadian community, and to everyone in Vancouver. We are all mourning with you,” Carney wrote.
“As we wait to learn more, our thoughts are with the victims and their families — and Vancouver’s Filipino community, who were coming together today to celebrate resilience,” wrote Jagmeet Singh, chief of the New Democratic Social gathering, who was on the pageant earlier within the day.
“My thoughts are with the Filipino community and all the victims targeted by this senseless attack. Thank you to the first responders who are at the scene as we wait to hear more,” Conservative Social gathering chief Pierre Poilievre wrote.
David Eby, the premier of British Columbia, the province the place Vancouver is positioned, stated he was shocked and heartbroken. “We are in contact with the City of Vancouver and will provide any support needed,” Eby wrote.
