The CBC reports:
Nine people have been killed and multiple others injured after the driver of a black SUV slammed into a crowd Saturday evening at a street festival in Vancouver celebrating the contributions of the Filipino-Canadian community, police say.
It happened shortly after 8 p.m. near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street, where the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party was winding down, after drawing up to 100,000 people through the day. Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai says a 30-year-old Vancouver man is now in custody.
Vancouver Coastal Health told The Canadian Press it had confirmed a “code orange,” indicating a mass casualty event. The health authority was not able to confirm the number of injured or dead as of late Saturday night, but shortly after 3 a.m. local time Sunday, Vancouver police said on social media that there were nine fatalities.
CTV News reports:
Vancouver Police say on social media platform X that they are “confident” the incident was not an act of terrorism. Witnesses of the attack described bodies being sent flying by impact with the SUV. Videos captured the aftermath, including wreckage and victims scattered across a long stretch of road after the attack, that police said took place around East 43rd Avenue and Fraser Street.
“Vancouver Police officers and victim services professionals have been deployed to help anyone who has not been able to contact a loved one who was at the Lapu Lapu (Festival),” VPD said on X. Political leaders expressed dismay at the incident, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney saying on social media platform X that he was “devastated to hear about the horrific events.”
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