With the country in shock a day before the national elections, Police spokesman Steve Rai said the 30 -year -old man arrested on the attack on Saturday night (26.04.2025) in Vancouver had re -employed authorities.
The Philippine community had gathered in Vancouver’s Sunset on Fraser district in Canada to attend the festival events when they were dragged by a black SUV. From the fierce “blow” the authorities reported that 11 people lost their lives.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, in his brief profession to the nation, described the incident in the event, saying that Vancouver police described it as “car attack».
“Last night families lost a sister, a brother, a mother, a father, a son or a daughter,” he said. “These families live the nightmare of every family.” AFP journalist saw police officers on the spot, while parts of the festival were excluded.
The former prime minister of Canada, Justin Trinto He also expressed his condolences for the attack, saying to X: “My heart sympathizes with the loved ones of all its victims tragic attack at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver. I participate with all the Canadians on the side of the Philippian community in these difficult times. “
The leader of the conservative Pierre Pulievre said in a tweet: “I am shocked by the horrible news that comes from the Vancouver Lapu Day Festival tonight.”
Philippine President Ferdinand Markos said in a statement that “he was completely shocked when he learned of the terrible incident”.
Shots published, show black SUV with damaged bonnet parked on a street full of debrismeasures from first aid garages that care for people who They lie on the ground.
Eyewitness told Vancouver Sun that she saw injured children On the road after the vehicle fell on the crowd.
‘Bodies everywhere’
The festival’s security guard, Jen Idaba-Castaneto, told a local news site that he saw corpses everywhere. “You don’t know who to help, here or there,” he said.
‘There was a lady with her eyes looking up, her one leg was already broken. One man held her hand trying to comfort her, “an eyewitness told the newspaper.
In the capital Ottawa, Julie Dunbar, a pensioner who came out for breakfast, recalled an attack 2018 in Toronto, in which a man with a truck killed 11 people. “So it has happened again, but I am afraid of the society in which we live, that these things can happen,” the 72 -year -old said.
Saturday’s event included a parade, screening, dance and concert, with two members of Black Eyed Peas Included in the program published by the organizers.
OR Lapu day lapu He is celebrated in the Philippines in memory of the native leader Lapulapu, who led his men to defeat the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.
In the face of elections
It is recalled that Canadian citizens come to ballot box Tomorrow Monday after a pre -election campaign where candidates have attracted voters to issues such as increasing living costs and tackling US President Donald Trump.
Carney favored to win After assuring voters that he may stand up to the barrage of Washington and the threats of attachment.
Amidst all, on the eve of Canadian preparation for voting in federal elections, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio referred to President Donald Trump’s previous comments about the previous comments on Right of Canada in “51st State”.
“What the president said, and he has said that repeatedlyis that the previous prime minister told him [Justin Trudeau] that the Canada could not survive without unfair trade with the United States, so [ο Trump] asked, ‘Well, if you can’t survive as a nation without us you are unjustly brought In the trade, then you should become a state, “Rubio said in a television show.
Rubio’s comments come after a confrontation Between the former prime minister of Canada, Troudo, and Trump about how Canada should face the pressures accepted by Trump’s duties. Canada has also reacted with 25% duty to goods that are entered from the US.
There are no reports of whether the deadly seduction in Vancouver is related to the country’s upcoming elections, while the country did not speak of terrorist attack at the festival.