Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival updates: Nine killed as car rams into crowd
This live page is now closed.At least nine people have been killed and multiple others were injured in Vancouver, the capital of the western Canadian province of British Columbia, after a car drove into a crowd at a Filipino street festival, according to the police.The driver has been taken into custody and his identity is yet to be made public. Police say they are 'confident' the incident at the Lapu Lapu Day festival was 'not an act of terrorism'.The incident happened shortly after 8pm (03:00 GMT) near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street, two days before Canada votes in general elections.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on X: 'I am devastated to hear about the horrific events at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver earlier this evening.' British Columbia Premier David Eby said he was 'shocked & heartbroken' by the news in a post on X.
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Date: 20m ago (10:58 GMT)
Title: It's a wrap from us
Content: Thank you for joining our live coverage of the car-ramming incident in Vancouver.
You can keep up with developments by reading our up-to-date news story here.
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Date: 28m ago (10:50 GMT)
Title: Here's what happened today
Content: We'll be closing this live page soon, so let's bring you up to speed with the main developments:
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Date: 43m ago (10:35 GMT)
Title: How large is Vancouver's Filipino community?
Content: Vancouver is a city regularly rated among the world's best to live in.
The incident in the Fraser neighbourhood happened as members of the city's Filipino community had gathered at a street festival to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day, commemorating a Filipino anti-colonial leader from the 16th century,
According to Statistics Canada, the agency that conducts the national census, Vancouver had more than 38,600 residents of Filipino heritage in 2021.
The figure accounted for 5.9 percent of the total population of the western Canadian city.
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Date: 58m ago (10:20 GMT)
Title: Driver chased down by festival-goers, held against a fence: Report
Content: Peter Fry, Vancouver city councillor, had attended the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party earlier in the day.
'This was a great day, a wonderful event, huge community event,' he told CTV News.
'And to have it end in tragedy like this, it won't break us or the community, but it's horrible,' he said.
Meanwhile, a witness who did not want to give his name told Reuters he had seen about 15 people lying on the ground after a dark SUV plunged into the crowd at the event.
The witness said the driver had tried to run but was chased down by festival-goers and held against a fence for about 10 minutes until police arrived, the news agency reported.
Update:
Date: 1h ago (10:12 GMT)
Title: Police confirm at least 9 killed
Content: We have another important update from Vancouver police.
In a short statement on social media, they said: 'As of now, we can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through a crowd at last night's Lapu Lapu Festival.
'Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident.'
UPDATE: As of now, we can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through a crowd at last night's Lapu Lapu Festival. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident.
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) April 27, 2025
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Date: 1h ago (10:00 GMT)
Title: Exact number of casualties yet to be confirmed
Content: As we've reported, police say the arrested suspect – a 30-year-old Vancouver man – was 'known' to them, without elaborating.
Authorities, meanwhile, have yet to confirm the exact number of casualties.
'There was a number of deceased, a number also injured,' Vancouver interim Chief Constable Steve Rai said.
'It would be unfair for me to speculate on exact numbers as the victims were taken to multiple hospitals in the region,' he added.
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Date: 1h ago (09:45 GMT)
Title: Photos: Police officers inspect scene after car-ramming incident
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Date: 1h ago (09:30 GMT)
Title: What other car rammings have there been in Canada?
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Date: 2h ago (09:15 GMT)
Title: 'We saw people on the road crying. Others were screaming, asking for help'
Content: James Cruzat, a local business owner who was at the street festival, says he heard a car rev its engine and then 'a loud noise, like a loud bang' that he initially believed might have been a gunshot.
'We saw people on the road crying. Others were like running, shouting or even screaming, asking for help. So we tried to go there just to check what was really actually happening until we found some bodies on the ground. Others were lifeless, others like, you know, injured,' Cruzat told AP.
'It was terrible to see that kind of incident, that situation. It was heartbreaking,' Cruzat said.
'I couldn't even imagine that it's actually happening in real life because normally we see that on TVs or movies. But when you are in that kind of situation, it was really shocking, like you couldn't think really, really well. You couldn't do anything but to pray for them.'
Update:
Date: 2h ago (09:00 GMT)
Title: Deadly incident comes ahead of election day
Content: Here is a reminder that the deadly car ramming occurred just two days before Canada's parliamentary elections.
A record 7.3 million of Canada's 28.9 million eligible voters have already cast early ballots over the Easter weekend, a 25 percent increase compared with 2021.
Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered Monday's vote last month as he looked to build on his Liberal Party's momentum since the start of the year. Its support has risen since Trump began his second term as US president, started a trade war and threatened to make Canada the 51st US state.
The party was previously led by Justin Trudeau, who formally stepped down as prime minister on March 14 to allow Carney to take up the post.
You can read more about Canada's parliamentary elections here.
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