Vancouver Police Said at Eleven People Were Killed After A Driver Plowed Through A Crowd Celebrating A Filipino Heritage Festival in Vancouver, Western Canada.
Canadian PM Expresses Shock and Devastation
In Mark Carney’s First Comment to the Media Following Saturday Evening’s Incident, The Canadian Prime Minister Called It A “Car Ramming Attack,“ Saying He was Both “Devastated” and “Heartbroken.”
“Last Night Families Lost a Brother, A Sister, A Mother, A Father, A Son Or a Daughter,” He Said at Apress Conference “Those Families Are Living Every Family Nightmare.”
Thanking First Response, Carney Said the Incident Had So Left 20people Injured He Added Was No Recurring Danger to Canadians, Having Been Letted Over Heis National Security and Intelligence Adviser, Along with the General Public Safety and Security Preacher, Regarding the Circumstance.
Carney Sent his “Deepest Condolences” Before Adding That His “Wishes for Strength Go Out To Those Injured and Others Impacted.”
As He Closed a Briefezown, The Prime Minister Said the Strength and Resilience of the Filipino Community is Exemplified by the Term “Bayanihan,” which Refers to Civic Unity and Cooperation.
“We will comfort the grieving, we will care for each other, we will unite in common purpose,” Heer Said
Hundreds of People, Meanwhile, Gathered Sunday Evening for A Vigil Honoring the Victims.
Witnesses description roughly a number of casualties
Vancouver’s 1130 Newsradio Cited A Witness As Saying They Saw Upward of 20 Casualties.
Another Witness Told the Broadcaster of Screams because the Driver of a Black SUV Plowed Into the Crowd, Striking More Than A Dozen People.
A Third Witness, Identified as Abigail, Descred a Scene of “Total Chaos.”
“Everyone was Panicking,” She Said. “When I Where Towards Where The Car, that’s when I Saw a Lot More People That Were Injured, Some Already Dead Broken Arms, Broken Bodies, About 20 Casualties, OR 30.”
Yoseb Vardeh, Co-Owner of a Food Truck Stationed on the Festival, Told Postmedia He Hear’s Engine Rev and what after that Sounded Like a Speeding Vehicle.
“I got out my food truck, i looked down the road and there’s just bodies everywhere,” Said Vardeh “Hey Went Throg the Whole Block, He Went Straight Down The Middle.”
Vancouver Police Said the Incident Happed Saturday Shortly After 8 PM Local Time (0300 UTC/GMT) Near East forty first Avenue and Fraser Street, Insouth Vancouver
Driver Arrested at Scene
Police Said in a preliminary declaration on x that they Outlined the chauffeur.
A Later Police Post Descredbed the Suspect AS A 30-Year-Old Vancouver Man the Acting Plan Principal Said the Suspect What “Known to Policy.”
Authorities Later Sunday the Suspect with Eight Counts of Second Degree Murder, Adding That Further Charges Could Be Files.
People Gathered to Celebrate Lapu Lapu Day
The Tragedy Occurred on a Day When People Gathered at a Neighbourhood Party toocelebrate Filipino Culture the Vancouver Sun Said Thousands of People Were Inattendance
The Lapu Lapu Lapu Lapu Day Festival Pay Homage to Datu Lapu, to Indigenous Leader of the Philippines Who, in A Battle in 1521, Defeated Spanish Colonial Forces Led by Portuguese Explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
The Festival Organizers Wrote on Instagram: “We are still finding the words to express the deep heartbreak brought on by this senseless tragedy. We are devastated for the families and victims.”
The Organizers Had Earlier Posted A Video On Instagram to Show People Playing Games on the Neighborhood Party.
But Just A Few Hours Later, A Video Posted to Social Media Showed Victims and Debris Strewn Across A Long Stretch of Road, with at Least Seven People Lying Immobile on the Ground.
A Black SUV with Messed Up Front Section Could Be Lakes in Still Photos from the scene.
Philippine President ‘Shaattered’ to Hear About News
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr Said He was “Shaattered to Hear About The Terrible Incident” in Vancouver.
Marcos Jr Added that the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver Was Working with Canadian Authorities to Ensure That The Incident Outben Be Thoroughly Investigated.
Police Rule Out Terror Motifs
Police Said Sunday They Were Confident that the incident was want on “act of terrorism.”
“The person we have in Custody Does Haves A Significant History of Interactions With Police and Health Care Professionals Related to Mental Health,” Police Interim Chief Steve Rai Told a News Conference.
“It is the Darkest Day in Vancouver’s History,” Hey Added
Condolences for the Victims
British King Charles III, that’s Canada’s Head of State, ie Sent Condolences on Stahalf of Himelf and His Wife, Queen Camilla.
“Our Hearts and Prayers Go Out To All Those Whose Lives have bee Shaattered by Such a Desperate Tragedy and We Send Our Deepest Possible Sympathy at a Most Agonizing Time for So Man in Canada, WHO IS HEAD OF State in Canada, Said in A Statement.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Lim Wrote On X: “I am Shocked and Deeply Saddened by the Horific Incident’s Lapu Lapu Lapu Day Event. We will work to provide more information as so we can, but at this time.”
“Our thought all those affected and with Vancouver’s Filipino Community During this Incredibly Difficult Time,” Lim Added.
The Incident Came Just Two Days Before Canada Holds Parliagenary Elections
Sunday is the final day for carney and standard chief pierre poilievre to make their pitches to residents in Advance of Monday’s poll, which has really be targeted greater on us head of state donald trump’s tapiffs and Dangers to hyperlink canada.
An Official from Carney’s Centrist/Center-Left Liberal Party Said his Campaign Movements would definitely be postponed on Sunday Morning Due to the Car-Ramming Incident
Edited by: Roshni Majumdar and Kieran Burke
