What to know about the car ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival

VANCOUVER, BC – A fishy has been charged with multiple counts of murder and constabulary continued their probe Monday aft 11 radical were killed erstwhile an SUV plowed done a assemblage astatine a Filipino practice festival in Vancouver implicit the weekend.

Witnesses described narrowly jumping retired of the way of the speeding conveyance arsenic bodies flew done the air. Dozens of radical were injured. Officials said the suspect, a 30-year-old man, had a past of intelligence wellness issues.

Investigators person ruled retired terrorism

There was nary aboriginal denotation of a motive, but constabulary said it wasn't a violent attack. The suspect, Kai-Ji Adam Lo, has “a important past of interactions with constabulary and wellness attraction professionals related to intelligence health," said Vancouver Interim Police Chief Steve Rai.

Lo, a Vancouver resident, was charged with 8 counts of second-degree execution successful a video quality earlier a justice Sunday. He has not yet entered a plea. The Associated Press could not instantly scope an lawyer representing him.

Rai said the fishy was arrested aft initially being apprehended by bystanders. Video circulating connected societal media showed a young antheral successful a achromatic hoodie with his backmost against a chain-link fence, alongside a information defender and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing astatine him.

“I’m sorry,” the antheral said, holding his manus to his head.

Investigators were collecting grounds astatine the country and had executed a hunt warrant astatine a Vancouver property, constabulary said.

A beloved teacher, among the victims

Kira Salim was among those who died connected Saturday. Salim worked arsenic a teacher and counsellor astatine 2 schools successful the New Westminster School District southeast of Vancouver, the territory said successful a statement. Salim “was a valued subordinate of our assemblage whose contented and attraction for our mediate and secondary schoolhouse students had a almighty impact,” the territory superintendent said.

Those killed ranged successful property from 5 to 65, officials said. The youngest was 5-year-old miss Katie Le, who died on with her father, Richard Le, and mother, Linh Hoang, according to Richard’s brother, Toan Le. They were survived by Katie’s 16-year-old brother, who didn’t be the festival, helium said.

Thirty-two radical were hurt, and 17 were inactive hospitalized precocious Sunday, including immoderate successful captious and superior condition, the British Columbia Health Ministry said.

“Last nighttime families mislaid a sister, a brother, a mother, father, lad oregon a daughter. Those families are surviving each family’s nightmare,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday.

The festival celebrated Filipino culture

The achromatic Audi SUV sped down a closed thoroughfare Saturday nighttime and struck radical attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, which celebrates Datu Lapu-Lapu, an Indigenous chieftain who stood up to Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines successful the 16th century.

While attending a vigil for the victims, Vancouver Mayor Kenneth Sim said the Filipino assemblage and the metropolis were "heartbroken, were sad, were frightened and there’s a spot of choler there, too.”

Vancouver had much than 38,600 residents of Filipino practice successful 2021, representing 5.9% of the city’s full population, according to Statistics Canada, the bureau that conducts the nationalist census.

Witnesses picture leaping retired of the way

Carayn Nulada said that she pulled her granddaughter and grandson disconnected the thoroughfare and utilized her assemblage to shield them from the SUV. She said her girl made a constrictive escape.

“The car deed her arm, and she fell down, but she got up, looking for us, due to the fact that she is scared,” said Nulada, who described children screaming and victims lying connected the crushed oregon wedged nether vehicles. Nulada's member was tally down successful the onslaught and suffered aggregate breached bones.

Another witnesser described bodies flying done the aerial “like bowling pins.”

James Cruzat, a Vancouver concern owner, was astatine the celebration. He heard a car motor rev and past “a large noise, similar a large bang” that helium initially thought mightiness beryllium a gunshot.

“We saw radical connected the roadworthy crying. Others were similar running, shouting oregon adjacent screaming, asking for help," Cruzat said.

Vincent Reynon, 17, was leaving the festival erstwhile helium saw constabulary rushing in. People were crying, and helium saw scattered bodies. “It was similar thing consecutive retired of a fearfulness movie oregon a nightmare,” helium said.

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