VAncouver, British Columbia – at least nine people were killed when a man traveled to Vancouver, Canada, at the Filipino Heritage Festival, the crowd and injured were unknown, police said on Sunday.
The vehicle entered the street on Saturday at 8:14 pm and created the people who participated in the Lapu Lapu Day Festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.
Many other people were injured, but the exact number of accidents was not immediately available.
Police announced that a 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene and the department's major crime department was checking.
“At that time, we are confident that this case was not terrorism,” the police department posted at the beginning of Sunday.
Temporary Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said at a press conference that the man was arrested after the outsiders were originally arrested.
A video circulating in social media shows a young man with a black hood who had a chain fence against his back, along with a security guard and surrounded by bystanders who scream and swear.
“Sorry,” the man says, holding his hand.
Rai refused to comment on the video, but said that the person in custody was a “lonely man” who was “known to the police in certain circumstances”.
The festival took place in the neighborhood of South Vancouver. A video posted on social media showed victims and debris, which was a long part of the highways, where at least seven people were lying motionless on the ground. The black SUV with multiplied could be seen in the photos of the scene.
Carayn Nulada said he pulled his grandchild and grandchild out of the street and used his body to protect the SUV. He said his daughter got a narrow escape.
“The car hit him and he fell, but he got up, looking for us because he was scared,” said Nulada, who described the children screaming and pale -off victims who were lying on the ground or wedging under the vehicles.
“I saw people ran and my daughter trembled.”
Nilada was at the emergency room at the Vancouver General Hospital early Sunday morning, trying to find news about his brother, who run into the attack and suffered several crushed bones.
He identified the doctors by presenting his family in a bottle of wedding ring and said he was stable but faces surgery.
James Cruzat, owner of the Vancouver company, was at the event and heard the car with his engine and then “loud noise like a loud bang”, which he thinks may initially be a rifle.
“We saw people crying, others were like running, screaming or even screaming, asking for help. So we just tried to go there to check what really happened until we found some bodies on the ground. Others were inanimate, others, others, like you, injured,” Cruzat said.
Vancouver Mayor Kenneth Sim said in a social media post that the city provides more information if possible.
“I am shocked and deeply saddened by today's Lapu Lapu Day event,” Sim said. “Our thoughts are affected by everyone and the Vancouver Filipino Community in this incredibly difficult time.”
Vancouver had more than 38,600 inhabitants of the Filipino Heritage in 2021, which accounted for 5.9% of the city's total population, said the Canadian Statistics Agency, which will conduct a national census.
Lapu Lapu Day celebrates Datu Lapu-Lapu, an indigenous chief who stood in front of Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the 16th century. The organizers of the Vancouver event said he “represents” the resistance of the indigenous people, the powerful force that helped to shape the Filipino identity in the background of colonization. ”
Prime Minister Mark Carney and other political leaders posted messages on the last day of the election campaign, expressing shock for violence, compassion for the victims and the support of the community celebrating their heritage.
“I offer my deepest condolences to the killed and injured, the Canadian Philippine community and everyone in Vancouver. We all mourn with you,” Carney wrote.
Carney postponed its campaign events.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, JR, submitted a statement expressing his condolences to the victims and their families.
“The Vancouver Philippine General Consulate is working with the Canadian authorities to ensure that the incident is thoroughly investigated and that the victims and their families are supported and comforted,” he said.
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