
BBC News
The 30 -year -old man was charged with eight two degrees of murder in the street festival in Vancouver, Canada.
At the festival that celebrated the Filipino culture, 11 people were killed and dozens more injuries.
The police said some victims continued on Sunday evening, and Kai -Ji Adam Lo, a resident of the city, may be charged with more murders.
Investigators said the suspects pointed out the history of mental health problems instead of excluding extremist motives, but before the attack.
The organizer of the annual Lapu Lapu Festival said the city’s tightly -tight Filipino community is “sad,” and the influence of the attack will be felt in the next few years.
The police said before the victims were between five and 65 years old, and their identity was not disclosed.
This attack was held on Saturday (03:14 GMT) in East 43rd Avenue and 20:14 local time in Fraser in southern Vancouver.
Some witnesses on Saturday’s attacks described the moment when the car plowed in the crowd and behind the chaos.
Abigail Andiso, a local resident, said, “There is a car that passes through the entire street and hits everyone.
“I saw the dead, and one person went from the ground. I went toward the end of the car, and I had more casualties, and you can see that you are there.
At Sunday, people laid flowers and expressed respect.
One woman doubled the ice before walking. Another woman named Donna said she lived in this area for more than 50 years.
She said she was in the festival and was packed with young people and family.
“People celebrated and had a good time,” he told the BBC. “This is tragic.”
At the press conference the next day, RJ Aquino, head of the Philippine BC organization, said, “Last night was very difficult and the community will feel this for a long time.”
“We know that many questions come to mind and there is no answer, but I want to tell everyone that we are sad,” he added.
Aquino has caused considerable confusion and confusion in the city’s tightly -organized Philippine community, and many residents called each other to check their loved ones.
“I don’t think my phone has been wearing so much in my life,” he said. “When someone answered, there were many panic and relief.”
In an individual news briefing on Sunday, Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said in the city’s history, “the darkest day.”
He said that “dozens of” people were injured in an attack.
“The number of deaths can rise in the next few days or weeks,” he added.
LO was detained by the bystander in the field and was detained by police officers.
RAI did not specify potential motivation, but he said, “In this case, evidence can be said with conviction that this is not believed to be the action of terrorism.
He added that the suspect has an important history of interaction with police and medical experts related to mental health.
The festival in Vancouver, where more than 140,000 Canadians from the Philippines are held every year to commemorate the LAPU -LAPU, a national hero who resisted Spanish colonies in the 1500s.
Tens of thousands of people attended this event.
According to RAI, the police carried out a threat before the festival and partially closed the road from the distance behind the school where most festivals were held.
He added that there is no higher threat level for the event.
The streets of the attack were mainly used by food trucks and no barriers.
RAI told the official officials and the first respondents that it would be a “basin moment”.
The attack urged Mark Carney to cancel large -scale meetings of Liberal Party supporters in Calgary and Richmond just before the Canadian federal election on April 28.
Kani told Canadians that he was “spoiled” and “was devastated” by the attack in a television speech.
He visited the attack site on Sunday evening and laid flowers during the church service.
Pierre Policyvre, a major opposition candidate, continued to campaign, but created an unexpected stop to meet with members of the Filipino community in a church in Mississauga, the suburb of Toronto.
Appeared with his wife Anaida Ponyvre, the conservative leader expressed his mourning. “I wanted to solidify with you,” he said to the church participants.
Meanwhile, British Columbia’s New Democratic Party David Eby’s leader said that he was “shocked and my heart.”
The New Democratic Party’s Jagmeet Singh, a Canadian political leader, was one of the people who attended the Lapu Lapu Festival on Saturday and changed the planned event on Sunday.
He said, “It is a heartbreaking” that such joy can be torn so violently.
“I have gathered my family to see the children dancing, and I have proudly in the culture and community.”