A driver crossed a street festival in honor of the Philippine population of Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday night, killing “several people,” according to the local police.
Police said they had tasks that are suspected: the driver, a 30 -year -old man from Vancouver. In a press conference overnight, non -specific local officials the number of deaths and injection, saying only that they were multiple.
Nor did they approach a possible reason, but they said the driver had already been known by the police. The members of the crowd had submitted the man before the police arrived at the scene.
People were celebrating the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in the southern part of the city when the driver entered the crowd shortly after 8 pm, said Vancouver Police Department on social networks.
The local media video showed police ambulances and cars that cover roads near the festival, with emergency medical workers on the ground.
The mayor of Vancouver, Ken Sim, said he was “shocked and deeply sad by the horrible incident.”
A spokeswoman for Vancouver General Hospital said they had received multiple patients who were injured at the festival.
In a publication on social networks, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said he was “devastated when he heard about the horrible events at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver earlier this night.”
“I sacrifice my deepest condolences to the loved ones of the murdered and killed, to the Canadian Philippine community and all in Vancouver,” he said. “We are all mourning with you.”
Lapu Lapu’s day was officially declared on April 27, 2023 by the province of British Columbia as a testament for the legacy of Datu Lapu-Lapu, a Macan chief, the Philippines, which is considered a national hero colonizers in the UPLYT sponge. The authorities said that up to 100,000 people had attended the festival on Saturday.
There are almost a million Filipino immigrants and people of Philippine descent who live in Canada, according to the government. The province of British Columbia is home to almost a fifth of that number.