And massive outrage during the celebration of a street festival of the Filipina community of Vancouver (Canada) has left several dead, according to police authorities, which have ruled out the incident as a terrorist act.
“Several people have died and several have been injured after A driver will run over a crowd In a street festival on Avenida 41 Este and Fraser shortly after 20.00 (local time), “Vancouver police explained in a statement shared in the social network X.
The driver of the vehicle is a Vancouver 30 -year -old man with a historyaccording to the police, which has been arrested In the place of the incident. According to witnesses, the suspect was driving a black Audi SUV rammed at full speed in a pedestrian zone against food stalls that were at the end of a festive day that congregates the Filipina community of Vancouver, known as Lapu Lapu, and that usually attracts crowds.
The Vancouver Police Functioning Chief Steve Rai, has indicated at a press conference that the detainee is a man known for security forces “under certain circumstances”. The newspaper Vancouver Sun has assured that it is a man with Mental problems. This local medium indicates that when I was being questioned Said “Sorry” to the people who watched the scene, and who asked them not to film their face with mobile phones.
As for the exact number of victims, Rai You did not want to specify a figure because they have been “sent to different hospitals in the region.”
For their part, sources close to the investigation have informed the Global Television Network chain of At least eight deadamong them a child, and six other injured, although Rai has not verified this data and has asked to await an upcoming press conference.
At the moment, the authorities have not informed whether the event, which has occurred in a street that was at the time of people at that time, has had intentional or fortuitous character. The terrorist motivation has been discarded: “We are sure that this incident was not an act of terrorism,” Vancouver police have confirmed.
The local newspaper The Globe He has summoned a witness who has reported how a group of security agents, the first to arrest the alleged author, faced with him and asked him if he was drunk or drugged. “He stood there, without saying anything“said the witness identified as Lovepreet Singh.
In social networks some videos have been published that show emergency teams at the scene of the outrage, with Several people lying on the groundas well as the vehicle that has perpetrated the event, completely shattered.
This massive abuse also occurs On the eve of the celebration of general elections In Canada, which takes place this Monday.
The country’s political leaders, with the prime minister Mark Carney at the head, they have begun to give their condolences. “I offer my most sincere condolences to the loved ones of the deceased and wounds, to the Philippine-Canadian community and all in Vancouver. We are mourning with you. We follow the situation closely and thank our emergency services for their rapid performance,” the prime minister regretted.
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