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A car drove through a street festival at high speed, hitting multiple people in Canada's Vancouver. Photo courtesy: Videograb from X/@sentdefender

Multiple dead as car rams into crowd during street festival in Canada's Vancouver

| @indiablooms | Apr 27, 2025, at 12:28 pm

Ottawa/IBNS: Several people were killed as a car rammed into a crowd during a street festival in Canada's Vancouver on Saturday, media reports said.

The incident occurred around 8 pm (local time) as members of the Filipino community gathered in large numbers to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day in the city's Sunset on Fraser neighbourhood.

The driver has been arrested, police said.

"A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd at a street festival at E. 41st Avenue and Fraser shortly after 8 p.m. tonight. The driver is in custody. We will provide more information as the investigation unfolds," Vancouver Police told the media.

The police are yet to confirm if the incident was a car attack or an accident.

Eyewitnesses told local media outlets that a black SUV drove through the street festival at high speed, hitting multiple people.

They said the driver of the car looked like a young Asian man, and appeared to be mentally challenged.

Several videos of the horrific incident have surfaced on social media, showing bodies lying on the street after the car attack, as emergency crews rushed for rescue operations.

Vancouver's Mayor Ken Sim reportedly said: "I am shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident at today's Lapu Lapu Day event."

"Our thoughts are with all those affected and with Vancouver's Filipino community during this incredibly difficult time," he added.

New Democratic MP Don Davies posted on X about the 'horrendous attack', saying he was 'praying for all the victims and their families'.

"Just heard the tragic news of the horrendous attack at the Lapu Lapu festival. I am praying for all the victims and their families," he said.

Lapu Lapu Festival

This is a street festival that commemorates a Filipino anti-colonial leader, Datu Lapu-Lapu, from the 16th century.

Lapu-Lapu was the Philippines' first national hero, who led the victory against Spanish colonisers in the 1521 Battle of Mactan.

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