Several killed as driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd

Kathmandu: Local police have said several people were killed on Saturday, after a driver plowed into a crowd at a street festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver.

Authorities said the incident happened shortly after 8:00 pm (0300 GMT Sunday) in Vancouver’s Sunset on Fraser neighborhood as members of the Filipino community gathered to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day. The festival, which commemorates a Filipino anti-colonial leader from the 16th century, falls this year on the weekend before Canada’s election.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a post on social media platform X that he was ‘devastated’ by the ‘horrific events.’ ‘I offer my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed and injured, to the Filipino Canadian community, and to everyone in Vancouver,’ said PM Carney.

Likewise, he said ,’We are all mourning with you.’  According to Vancouver police a number of people were killed and multiple others are injured.  ‘The driver is in custody,’ police said on X.

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