Multiple people killed as driver ploughs into festival crowd in Vancouver
SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE killed as a driver ploughed into a crowd at a street festival last night in the Canadian city of Vancouver, local police said.
'A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured,' Vancouver Police posted on X.
'The driver is in custody.'
The incident happened as members of the Filipino community gathered to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day, Vancouver mayor Ken Sim posted on social media.
The festival, which commemorates a Filipino anti-colonial leader from the 16th century, falls this year on the weekend before Canada's election.
'Our thoughts are with all those affected and with Vancouver's Filipino community during this incredibly difficult time,' Sim wrote.
Police said the incident happened shortly after 8pm Saturday local time (3am GMT Sunday) in the city's Sunset on Fraser neighborhood.
Photos published by Canadian broadcaster CBC showed emergency crews at the scene as well as large crowds at the block party earlier Saturday.
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Festival security guard Jen Idaba-Castaneto told local news site Vancouver Is Awesome that she saw 'bodies everywhere.'
'You don't know who to help, here or there. It's so shocking,' she said.
British Columbia Premier David Eby said he was 'shocked & heartbroken' by the news in a post on X.
The event featured a parade, a film screening, dancing and a concert, with two members of the Black Eyed Peas featured on the lineup published by the organisers.
'Our thoughts are with the victims and their families — and Vancouver's Filipino community,' Jagmeet Singh, leader of the left-wing New Democratic Party said on social media.
Lapu Lapu Day is celebrated in the Philippines in remembrance of indigenous chief Lapulapu, who led his men to defeat Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in battle in 1521.
The deadly incident comes a year after Canadian Nathaniel Veltman was sentenced to life in prison for running down a Muslim family with his truck on the street in London, Ontario in 2021.
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