The skyline of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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A variety of folks had been killed and a number of others had been injured in Vancouver after a driver drove right into a crowd at a Filipino avenue competition within the western Canadian metropolis, police mentioned on Saturday.
The motive force has been taken into custody, police mentioned in a submit on social media platform X, with out giving additional particulars. Police are anticipated to present an replace at midnight (3 a.m. ET).
The incident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. native time close to East forty first Avenue and Fraser Avenue, the place the Lapu Lapu Day Block Get together was going down.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned on X: “I’m devastated to listen to concerning the horrific occasions on the Lapu Lapu competition in Vancouver earlier this night.”
Vancouver’s Mayor Ken Sim and British Columbia Premier David Eby posted related feedback on X.
One witness advised CTV Information he noticed a black automobile driving erratically within the space of the competition simply earlier than the gang was struck.
Jagmeet Singh, chief of Canada’s New Democratic Get together, was among the many attendees on the occasion, however left minutes earlier than the automobile arrived, CTV information mentioned.
“That is so horrific, I do not even know what to say,” CTV quoted Singh as saying. “I used to be simply there, and I simply think about the faces of the youngsters that I noticed smiling and dancing.”
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The Vancouver Solar mentioned hundreds of individuals had been within the space.
“I did not get to see the driving force, all I heard was an engine rev,” Yoseb Vardeh, co-owner of meals truck Bao Buns, mentioned in an interview with Postmedia.
“I bought exterior my meals truck, I regarded down the street and there is simply our bodies in every single place,” mentioned Vardeh, as his voice broke. “He went by way of the entire block, he went straight down the center.”