The car flew in mass during the Festival in Vancouver – several dead and injured – BBC News in Serbian
More people were killed and injured in Vancouver, in Canada, when a man flew in the field car in a mass that gathered in the streets during the Festival celebration.
The thirtieth year old from British Columbia was arrested, he was announced from the police.
They added that they are sure that it was not a terrorist act.
The car was going at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour through the narrow street, in which the food stands, said Jozeb Vardeh, who was on the spot, for the BBC.
« The car went straight through the mass, » he said.
The driver stopped and tried to escape, but he was stopped by people nearby, he added.
The festival, called Lapu Lapu Day, the celebration was organized by the Philippine community in honor of Lapu-Lapu, the national hero who opposed Spanish colonization.
In Vancouver, it is organized since 2023. years in order to pay homage to Lapu-Lapua, but also to « symbolize unity cultures and mutual respect that grow in British Columbia », writes on the Festival website.
The police still did not announce the exact number of dead and injured.
More people were injured, and she killed more, said Steve Rai, director of the police.
We don’t want to publish the numbers we are not sure yet, he added.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Karni said that he was « credited » due to the event at the Vancouver Festival.
He instructed his condolences to families killed, Philippines’ community and Vancouver residents.
« We all regret along with you, » he wrote an IX network.
Condolences also expressed leaders of other parties in Canada.
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