A variety of folks have been killed and a number of others injured in Vancouver after a driver drove right into a crowd at a Filipino road competition within the western Canadian metropolis, police say.
Police stated the incident occurred shortly after 8:00 pm Saturday (0300 GMT Sunday) within the metropolis’s Sundown on Fraser neighbourhood and the motive force has been taken into custody.
Vancouver’s Mayor Ken Sim stated, “I’m shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident at at the moment’s Lapu Lapu Day occasion.”
The competition commemorates a Filipino anti-colonial chief from the sixteenth century.
“Our ideas are with all these affected and with Vancouver’s Filipino group throughout this extremely troublesome time,” Sim wrote.
One witness informed CTV information on Vancouver incident, he noticed a black automobile driving erratically in space of the competition simply earlier than the group was struck.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he “I’m devastated to listen to in regards to the horrific occasions on the Lapu Lapu competition.”
“I supply my deepest condolences to the family members of these killed and injured, to the Filipino Canadian group, and to everybody in Vancouver. We’re all mourning with you.”
Carney added that the federal authorities was carefully monitoring developments because the investigation continues.
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