The terrorism scenario for the tragic incident in Vancouver is removed Canadawhere a car dragged and killed an unknown number of people who were concentrated in festival Filipino road.
The driver of Asian descent, after being dragged, injured and killed pedestrians in Vancouver, Canada, tried to leave but people on the spot managed to hold on to him. In fact, he appeared bewildered to apologize …
Police have so far not clarified how many are dead. The first reports note that At least 9 people have been killed But the number of dead is expected to increase significantly in the coming hours.
It all happened on Saturday night (26.4.2025) when a car fell on a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day, causing the death and injury of many people, according to police and increasing the intensity of the National Election Elections tomorrow, Monday.
At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism.
– Vancouver Police (@vancouverpd) April 27, 2025
The driver, aged 30 years, is one ‘Isolated suspect’ who was known to the police and was arrested on the spot by the attendees, a Vancouver police spokesman said, without further clarifying about his potential motives.
Internet users have uploaded to X video a few minutes after the tragic incident, where corpses and injuries are found to the ground. It is noted that X has downloaded most videos as it is particularly tough.
#Update: The man accused of plowing his SUV through the Lapu Lapu Filipino Festival killing scores of innocent people in Vancouver has been detained. The mental illness crisis in BC has hit another level. pic.twitter.com/tLL5zmwOlR
— Scribe (@X_Scribe) April 27, 2025
Vancouver Police reported in a post that subsequently posed on X that “right now, we are sure that this incident was not a terrorist act».
“Many people were killed and many others were injured,” her spokesman also noted at a press conference at midnight (local time), refusing to release an accurate number for the dead or injured in the incident and saying they would have more information in the morning.
It is a “situation that continues to be in progress,” he added, but clarified that at that point the car fell ‘Crowd was dense’.
The incident occurred shortly after 20:00 local time on Saturday (06:00 Greek time today) in the Sanset Fraser district of the city as members of the Philippine community were concentrated to celebrate Lapo Lapo Lapo.
Multiple people killed, injured at #Lapulapuday in Vancouver Absolutely devastating.
A celebration of heritage tragically marred by violence – a stark reminder of the complex and often painful legacies of history and identity. #vancouverbc pic.twitter.com/rNsg80Maw5
– News.az (@news_az) April 27, 2025
Abigale Reverse told the local newspaper Vancouver Sun that she was with friends at the festival when heard loud noises and then screams.
“There were corpses. They had been crushed. Some had already died, “he said.
Dale Selipe who was with her noted that she saw Children who were injured.
Pictures released on social media and verified by AFP show a black SUV vehicle, the front of which has suffered a lot of damage, stopped on a road full of debris, everywhere at its edges. A few meters away there are rescuers who take care of people who are lying on the ground.
‘We don’t know who to we first get (…) It is shocking, “said Jen Idaba-Kastaneto, head of the Festival’s security, on the local Vancouver is Awesome news website, noting that he saw” corpses everywhere “. Photos released by the CBC network show first aid groups at the site of the incident.
Additional footage from the scene of the incident at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver, Canada, in which an individual drove through a crowd of festivalgoers on a closed-off street, with reports right now suggesting 5-10 fatalities and well over a dozen injuries. The suspect is… pic.twitter.com/WNfYp9mXDh
– Osintdefender (@sentdefender) April 27, 2025
‘It was like a war zone’
“It’s something you don’t expect to see in your life,” said Kris Pangilinan, a Toronto journalist on the Canadian public broadcaster CBC. “[Ο οδηγός] Press the throttle and hit hundreds of people. It was as if you were seeing a bowling ball beating and all the pins thrown into the air. “
He went on to say: “It was like a war zone … There were corpses all over the road.”
“I am shocked and I am deeply saddened by the terrible event at today’s event for Lapo Lapo Day,” said Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim in a post on X.
“Our thinking is with all those who have also been affected by the Philippine community of Vancouver at this extremely difficult time,” he added.
“We all mourn with you,” he said in his post on x Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was planned to go to the province of British Colombia today for his latest pre -election rallies.
“My thoughts are with the Philippine community and with all the victims targeted by this irrational attack,” commented Pier Pier Pier Pierrevre, the leader of the Conservatives for the parliamentary elections and Mark Carney’s key opponent, “awaiting more information”.
‘Our thoughts are with the victims and their families, Like the Philippine community of Vancouver“, Left -wing leader Jagmith Singh reacted to X at the same time.
Lapo Lapo Lapo is celebrated in the Philippines honoring the native leader Lapo Lapo, who led his men to victory over the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the battle of 1521.
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