Vancouver, British Colombia (AP) – He drove a car man to a crowd of people at the Filipino Heritage Festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 20 others.
The Vancouver Police Administration said in the position of social media that the car entered the street at 8:14 pm on Saturday and hit people who attended the Labo Labu Festival.
“Nine people were killed and more than 20 years were wounded, as Vancouver police describe as an attack on cars,” said Prime Minister Mark Carney, who canceled his first event on the last day of the election campaign before Monday.
“The investigation is continuing to determine how and why this horrific attack happened. The authorities confirmed that one person is a nursery and believes they are acting alone.”
Imptmath video shows the dead and wounded along a narrow street in the south of Vancouver, on which food truck lined up. The introduction of the driver’s SUVs has been destroyed.
The suspect was detained by passers -by before the police arrived
Police said that a 30 -year -old Vancouver was arrested at the scene and the main crime department in the department supervised the investigation.
“At this time, we are confident that this incident was not a terrorist act,” the police department deployed early on Sunday.
The temporary Vancouver police chief Steve Ray told a press conference that the man was arrested after he was initially arrested by passers -by.
The video circulating on social media shows a young man in a black Hodi with his back on a chain fence, along with a security guard and surrounded by passers -by screaming and securing it.
“I am sorry,” says the man holding his hand on his head.
Ray refused to comment on the video, but he said that the detained person was “a single male” was known to the police in certain circumstances.
Carney said the authorities do not believe that there is any active threat to Canadians.
“Last night, families lost a sister, brother, mother, father, son or daughter. These families live a nightmare for every family,” said Carney fighting tears. “And for other people who have been injured, to the Philippine Canadian society, and to everyone in Vancouver, I would like to offer my deepest condolences.”
In 2018, a car man used to kill 10 infantry in Toronto. Eight women and men died. Alack Minnesian, who convicted the police, told a sexual internet community, some of them have drew attacks on people who have sex.
Witnesses describe how they jumped from the road
Karen Nawlada said she pulled her granddaughter and granddaughter from the street and used her body to protect her from the SUV. She said that her daughter suffered from narrow escape.
“The car hit its arm and fell, but it got up, looking for us, because it is afraid,” said Nawlada, who described the children screaming, and victims of the two sides lying on the ground or installed under the vehicles.
“I saw people running and my daughter was shaking.”
Nawlada was in the emergency room at Vancouver General Hospital early Sunday morning, in an attempt to find news about her brother, who was running in the attack and suffering from many broken bones.
Doctors knew him by presenting the family with his wedding ring in a bottle of pill and said he was stable, but he will face surgery.
James Cruzes, a business owner in Vancouver, was at this event and heard a car that returned its engine, then “loud noise, like the noisy bang” that he initially thought to be a shot.
“We have seen people on the road crying, and others were like running, screaming, or until they screaming, and they asked for help. So we tried to go there only to check what was already happening until we found some bodies on the ground. Others were without life, like others, as you know, they were injured.”
Nic Magtajas described the SUV that rotates across the crowd at high speed.
Maggas, 19, said: “I have seen a group of people going, and they rose from the impact of hitting the car,” said Maggas, 19.
The mayor of Vancouver Kenneth Sim said in a social media post that the city will provide more information as possible.
Sim said: “I was shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific accident at the day of Labu Labu today,” Sim said. “Our ideas with all the affected people and with the Filipino Vancouver community during this incredibly difficult time.”
Vancouver the Great Vancouver was honoring a national hero
Vancouver had more than 38,600 residents of the Filipino heritage in 2021, which represents 5.9 % of the total population of the city, according to Canada’s statistics, the agency that takes place national statistics.
Lapu Day Datu Lapu-Lapu, an original leader standing in front of the Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the sixteenth century. “It represents the spirit of the original resistance, a strong force that helped form the Philippine identity in the face of colonialism,” said Vancouver’s event, which was in his second year -.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcus Junior issued a statement expressing his sympathy for the victims and their families.
He said: “The Philippine General Consulate in Vancouver is working with the Canadian authorities to ensure the investigation of the accident accurately, and that the victims and their families are supported and Azaroa.”
“We remember the strong Filipinos community in Canada and we pray for their continued strength and flexibility,” the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.