Vancouver saw a worrying incident when the car came across a crowd at the lap festival around 20 hours (local time) and claimed eleven lives. According to the police, there was an incident when members of the Philippine community gathered to celebrate it. They took the driver into custody.
“Many people were killed and several others are injured after the driver went to the crowd at the street festival at the E. 41st Avenue and Fraser shortly after 20:00. The driver is in custody.
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- The local media quoted eyewitnesses who said he accelerated a black SUV despite the festival and passed through several people. They described drivers as a young Asian man who seemed to have mental health problems.
- Videos appear on social media showing bodies lying on the street after an attack on the car, because the emergency crews rushed to save the living ones.
3. Canada PM Mark Carney has expanded their condolences to those killed. After talking to the mayor Sim, he assured the full support of the federal government.
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He said, “This afternoon I talked to the mayor of Sim after attacking the lap Lap Lap Lap Lap.
4. Participants shared their shocking experience. “We are all fine physically, but frankly, I am still very shaken. I am shocked and I am experiencing panic attacks after I witnessed everything that happened,” said Idaba-Castaneto, one of those who attended the festival, Glacier Media.
5. Police Vancouver excluded a terrorist act. “At the moment we are sure that this incident was not a terrorist act,” he said.
6. According to the police, he was suspected, identified as Kai-ji Adam Lo, 30, of Vancouver, accused of eight number of second-degree murders, with more expected accusations.
7. The eyewitness of Dale Selipe shared with the Vancouver sun that she watched the injured children on the street after the vehicle hit the crowd. She said, “There was a lady with her eyes staring her eyes, one of her legs was already broken. One person held her hand and tried to comfort her.” The festival guard only Idaba-Castaneto reported local news that she saw her bodies everywhere. “You don’t know who to help, here or there,” she said.
8. The police arrested and he appeared in court after her. The authorities described LO as an “significant history” by interaction with the authorities, including mental health.
9. The police said two dozen people were injured, some critically, and admonished that the number of victims could increase in the coming days and weeks, Bloomber reported.
10. The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) was set up by a 24 -hour assistance center in the Douglas Park Community Center, 801 West 22nd Avenue. He said, “Anyone who cannot participate in person can call 604-717-3321 to talk to the victim officer. Witnesses who have not yet come are required to turn to the Vancouver police unit to 604-717-2500 and talk to the investigators.”
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Know about Lap Lap Festival
The festival honors the Philippine anticolonial leader from the 16th century, Lapa Lap, and this year he coincides with the weekend before the Canadian elections. The event included a show, film screenings, dancing and a concert with two members of the Black Eyed peas listed between artists, according to the organizers.
Lapu Lapa Day is observed in the Philippines to commemorate the indigenous chief who led his forces to defeat the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the battle of 1521.
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