Faced with charges of 8 murders is the 30 -year -old, arrested for the murder attack During the festival at Vancouver last Saturday night (26.04.25). As the police said, he is known to the authorities.
‘The British Colombian Public Prosecutor’s Office He has led to Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30 years old, for eight murders“Police said, adding that he is expected to be reported. Vancouver attack cost life on 11 people, including a 5 -year -old childwhile dozens of other people were injured.
The 30 -year -old, who was arrested after throwing a SUV on a crowd, was suffering from mental health problemsVancouver police officer Steve Ray said during a press conference.
He pointed out that the number of dead may increase.
As he said, The biggest victim of the attack was 65 years old and the younger 5.
Noted that evidence shows that this It is not a ‘terrorist act’.
The bloody episode occurred last Saturday at around 8pm local time, when members of the Philippine community were concentrated to celebrate Lapo Lapo Day.
This festival honors the leading form of the struggle against colonialism in the 16th century in the Philippines.
‘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, one leg was already broken. A person held her hand trying to comfort her“He told an eyewitness to the newspaper.
In the capital of Ottawa, Julie Dunbar, a retiree who came out for breakfast, recalled an attack in 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 Parade, screening, dance and concert, with two members of Black Eyed Peas Included in the program published by the organizers.
Lapu Lapu Day is celebrated in the Philippines in memory of the native leader Lapulapu, who led his men to defeat the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellano in 1521.
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