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A man has been taken into custody after driving his SUV into a crowd of people at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver, B.C., killing and injuring an unknown number of people, according to officials and witnesses.
The incident happened just after 8 p.m. on Saturday when the vehicle a black SUV plowed into people attending the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party, which is an annual celebration honoring the Philippines first national hero.
Footage from the scene showed multiple victims on the ground, some of whom appeared dead or seriously injured. The victims were hit while walking or waiting at food trucks which are lined up along the road.
A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd at a street festival, Vancouver Police said in a statement. The driver is in custody. We will provide more information as the investigation unfolds.
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/04/suv-hits-crowd-lapu-lapu-festival-in-vancouver-bc/

RandySF
(73,594 posts)applegrove
(125,785 posts)RandySF
(73,594 posts)May have interacted with police earlier in the day.
AZLD4Candidate
(6,542 posts)done something like this.
I am so tired of this being the first line of people. Mental Health. Adds to the stigma that people with mental health issues are dangerous.
I would believe it's more of a bigot looking to attack a group that the driver hates.
RandySF
(73,594 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(6,542 posts)Chinese and Koreans hate the Japanese (living in both, I can attest).
Mongolians are extremely xenophobic (living in China with Mongolian neighbors, I can attest).
Cambodians detest the Vietnamese (the Khmer have always viewed the Vietnamese in hostile light).
ASIAN is not a monolith!!!!
My wife hates being called Asian because she is Chinese. She is from CHINA. . .not Asia! Asia is a continent.
And looking Asian includes South Asian? West Asian?
Turkmen don't look "Asian," but are. Iranians don't look Asian, but are. Kazakhs don't look Asian, but are.
What the fuck does looking Asian look like? Hell, the Uyghurs in China are Chinese, but don't look "Chinese." Living there, people thought I was a Uyghur due to my skin tone and my Chinese ability.
Pototan
(2,554 posts)my heart breaks with this news.


Meowmee
(8,758 posts)I stopped going to such events a long time ago as they are easy targets for this type of thing.