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Motorist races into a crowd in Vancouver – several dead
In Canada’s west coast metropolis Vancouver, a car drives into a crowd during a street festival – several die. The police do not assume a terrorist attack.
In the western Canadian Vancouver, a car raced into a crowd shortly after 8 p.m. during a street festival on Saturday evening (local time) and killed several people. As the police authority of the coastal city announced in online service X, “several people killed several people in the Sunset on Fraser district and many more injured”.
The police initially do not assume a terrorist motive. At the moment, one is confident that it was not a terrorist act, the police Vancouver wrote on the X.
A Number of People Have Been Killed and Multiple Others Are Injured Afer A Driver Drove Into A Crowd at a Street Festival at E. 41st Avenue and Fraser Shortly After 8 PM Tonight. The Driver is in Custody. We will provide more information as the investigation unfolds. pic.twitter.com/iqh5ak5au3
– Vancouver Police (@vancouverpd) April 27, 2025
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Dead at street festival in Canada – backgrounds are still unclear
A radio station reported, citing an eyewitness, suddenly screams had been heard when an off -road vehicle drove through the crowd and hit more than a dozen people. The driver is said to have tried to flee on foot. However, he was captured by several people at the scene.
The suspect is a 30-year-old man from Vancouver. He was known to the police, said a police representative at a press conference. There is only one suspect. He was held on site and was taken into custody.
The incident occurred shortly before the parliamentary election on Monday in Canada, in which the ruling liberals of Prime Minister Carney, according to the surveys, are the favorites. The urn gang takes place against the background of the customs conflict with the neighboring country that started by US President Donald Trump-as well as its repeated threat of wanting to make Canada the 51st US state.
Vancouver’s mayor “shocked and deeply sad”
According to the mayor of Vancouver, Ken Sim, the incident occurred during the celebrations for the Lapu Lapu Day, which the Filipino Community commits in the city. The celebrations honor a Filipino national hero who cited the fight against the Spanish colonial power in the 16th century. April 27th in the Canadian province of British Columbia has been officially the Lapu-Lapu Day since 2023. Eyewitnesses previously reported on a happy street festival with thousands of visitors.
The mayor of Vancouver, Ken Sim, wrote on X, he was shocked and sad about the incident. “Our thoughts are in this incredibly difficult time for all those affected and with the Filipino community in Vancouver.”
I on Shocked and Deeply Saddened by the Horific Incident at Today Lapu Day Event. We will work to provide more information as soon as we can, but at this time @Vancouverpd Have confirmed that there are a number of fatalities and multiple injuries. Our Thoughts are with …
– Mayor Ken Sim (@kensimcity) April 27, 2025
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Local politicians told CityNew’s Vancouver television station that there has never been a similar incident in the city. Around 700,000 people live in the city on the west coast of Canada.
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