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| Vancouver driver plows into crowd of people attending Filipino festival, killing multiple victims | ||
| 2025-04-27 | ||
A driver ran a car into a crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday night, leaving multiple victims dead and others injured, local authorities said. At least nine people were killed when the driver plowed into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day block party shortly after 8 p.m., the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post. The exact number of injured was not immediately available. Police said the suspect is a 30-year-old man from Vancouver who was arrested at the scene. No further details about the suspect or a motive were immediately provided. "At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism," police said in a post early Sunday. The festival was being held in a South Vancouver neighborhood. Video posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across a long stretch of road, with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground. A black SUV with a crumpled front section could be seen in still photos from the scene.
Chaos erupted at the Lapu Lapu Day festival when the vehicle rammed into people just after 8pm on Saturday night. An unnamed 30-year-old man was arrested. Dead bodies and injured partygoers were seen along a narrow street in South Vancouver lined by food trucks. The front of the driver's SUV was smashed in. Video circulating on social media showed a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him, the Associated Press reported. 'I´m sorry,' the man said, holding his hand to his head, according to AP. Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai declined to comment on the video, but said the person in custody was a 'lone male' who was 'known to police in certain circumstances.' Cops ruled out that it was an act of terrorism. | ||
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 The suspect who was arrested for killing at least nine people with his SUV at a festival in Vancouver, Canada, looked to the crowd and uttered 'I'm sorry' after the ordeal. That rules out a jihadi. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-04-27 13:47 |
| #1 Cops ruled out that it was an act of terrorism. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-27 11:51 |