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Vancouver police excluded terrorism in a car that killed 11 people between the ages of five and 65 at the Filipino Heritage Festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, saying that the suspect has a history of mental health.
The car entered the street, where the Labo Labo Festival was a day before 8.15 pm local time on Saturday.
A 30 -year -old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene, and the main crime department in the local police department oversees the investigation.
“The investigation is continuing to determine how and why this horrific attack happened. The authorities confirmed that one person is a nursery and believes that they are acting alone,” said Prime Minister Mark Carne, who canceled the first campaigns on the last day of the election campaign before Monday.
Mr. Carney also canceled two main gatherings. He was expected to join the British Prime Minister in Colombia David IBi and community leaders on Sunday evening in Vancouver.
“Families last night lost a sister, brother, mother, father, son or daughter. These families live a nightmare for every family,” Carney said. “And for other people who have been injured, to the Philippine Canadian society, and to everyone in Vancouver, I would like to offer my deepest condolences.”
The police said early on Sunday that they were “confident that this incident was not a terrorist.”
The police later excluded terrorism, saying that the suspect had a history of mental health issues.
“It is the darkest day in the history of Vancouver,” Steve Ray, Vancouver Police Chief, told a news conference.
He said: “The person we have in the reservation has a great history of interactions with police and health care specialists.”
Mr. Ray told a press conference that a man was arrested after he was initially arrested by passers -by.
The video circulating on social media shows a young man in a black Hodi with his back on a chain fence, along with a security guard and surrounded by passers -by screaming and securing it.
“I am sorry,” says the man holding his hand on his head.
Mr. Ray refused to comment on the video, but said that the detained person was “a single male” was known to the police in certain circumstances.
The festival was held in the South Vancouver neighborhood.
The video posted on social media showed victims and debris scattered over a long time, with at least seven people on the ground.
Black SUVs can be seen with a front section spread in the pictures of the scene.
Karen Nulada said that she pulled her granddaughter and granddaughter from the street and used her body to protect them from the SUV, while her daughter had escaped.
“The car hit her arm and fell, but she got up, looking for us because she is afraid,” said Mrs. Nulada, who described the children screaming and victims of the two sides lying on the ground.
“I saw people running and my daughter was shaking.”
Mrs. Nawlada was talking from Vancouver General Hospital, where she was trying to find out news about her brother, who was running in the attack and suffering from many broken bones.
Doctors knew him by presenting the family with his wedding ring in a bottle of pill and said he was stable, but he will face surgery.
James Cruzes, a business owner in Vancouver, was at this event and heard a car that returned its engine, then “loud noise, like the noisy bang” that he initially thought to be a shot.
He said: “We have seen people on the road crying, while others are like running, screaming, or even screaming, and they asked for help.” “We tried to go there just to check what was already happening until we found some bodies on the ground. Others did not care about them, while others were wounded.
“It was terrible to see this type of accident, this situation. It was tragic.
“I couldn’t even imagine that it is already happening in real life, because we usually see it on TV or movies. But when you are in this situation, it was really shocking. Like, you can’t really think, really good. You can do nothing but pray for them.”
“I was very shocked by the horrific accident at the day of Labu Labu today,” said Vancouver Kenneth Sim’s mayor on social media.
“Our ideas with all the affected people and with the Filipino Vancouver community during this very difficult time.”
He said that city officials will provide more information when possible.
Vancouver had more than 38,600 residents of the Filipino heritage in 2021, which represents 5.9 % of the city’s population, according to Canadian statistics taking place.
Lapu Day Datu Lapu-Lapu, an original leader standing in front of the Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the sixteenth century.
The Vancouver event organizers said that “it represents the spirit of the original resistance, a strong force that helped form the Filipino identity in the face of colonialism.”
Mr. Carney and other political leaders on the last day of the election campaign published messages expressing shock from violence, condolences to victims and supporting society to celebrate his heritage.
Carney said: “I offer my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who were killed and wounded, to the Canadian Canadian society, and for everyone in Vancouver,” Carney said. “We are all sad with you.”
Mr. Carney was late on Sunday.
“While we are waiting to learn more, our ideas with the victims and their families – and the Philippine Vancouver community, who were meeting today to celebrate the flexibility, said.
“My ideas with the Philippine society and all the targeted victims of this meaningless attack. Thank you for the first respondents who are at the scene and we are waiting to hear more,” said Conservative Party leader Pierre Bouvreyrie.
Mr. EBY, British Prime Minister of Colombia, the boycott in which Vancouver is shocked and saddened. He added: “We are in contact with Vancouver and we will provide any required support.”
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcus Junior issued a statement expressing his sympathy for the victims and their families.
He said: “The Philippine General Consulate in Vancouver is working with the Canadian authorities to ensure the investigation of the accident accurately, and that the victims and their families are supported and Azaroa.”
