Several people killed after SUV rams into Vancouver street festival
Source: CBC
Vancouver police say several people have been killed and multiple others injured after a driver of a black SUV drove into a crowd at a street festival Saturday evening.
The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street, where the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party was taking place.
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He said crews lifted a barricade that had been blocking traffic to allow a vehicle to enter. While some cars were being guided carefully through the crowds, Pangilinan said one car suddenly sped up and struck a person.
"Then we realized what was happening and everybody started yelling," he said. "[The driver] just slammed the pedal down and rammed into hundreds of people. It was like seeing a bowling ball hit -- all the bowling pins and all the pins flying up in the air."
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vehicle-hits-crowd-filipino-festival-lapu-lapu-day-block-party-1.7519778
Vancouver Police: "At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism."
Link to tweet
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The 30-year-old suspect was "known to police in certain circumstances" - although he would not elaborate further
Prior to police arrival the suspect was "taken into custody by people in the crowd"
The Lapu Lapu Day event went through a "robust security assessment", Rai said
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2d48erzg7lt?postasset%3A923b1a3c-6493-49d9-8c8a-6558e8378f6e#post
UPDATE: As of now, we can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through a crowd at last nights Lapu Lapu Festival. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident.
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Sanity Claws
(22,184 posts)I don't understand why they were able to discount the terrorism possibility. It sounds like an anti-immigrant attack. Canada has an anti-immigrant faction too.
MacDo
(245 posts)Was also an Asian male who may have mental health issues.
Sanity Claws
(22,184 posts)Aristus
(69,759 posts)No mental health screenings for this asshole. Throw him in a dungeon and forget hes there. The prosecutor needs to show up at the courthouse with ten million people who have mental health issues, but never murdered anyone.
Prairie Gates
(4,923 posts)By the way.
Scrivener7
(55,502 posts)maga asshole."
mitch96
(15,135 posts)garbage trucks. on side streets leading to the art show. On streets they need to have accesable for ambulance/fire they have these neat moveable devices. They are big and are on wheels. One side has a ramp that catches the front of the car/truck and the other side has a gizmo that digs into the pavement when the vehicle tries to ride up and over. Kinda sorta looks like this. Same idea but a bit different..
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FadedMullet
(70 posts)BidenRocks
(1,364 posts)and I still do NOT know which Vancouver this is.
Who, what when, WHERE, why!
muriel_volestrangler
(103,492 posts)and its text (updated since I posted the OP) has multiple references to Canada, Canadian, Mark Carney etc.