{"id":291663,"date":"2025-04-27T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/car-plows-into-vancouver-festival-killing-people\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:06:08","slug":"car-plows-into-vancouver-festival-killing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/car-plows-into-vancouver-festival-killing-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Plows Into Vancouver Festival, Killing People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/27\/multimedia\/27xp-vancouver-wqbc\/27xp-vancouver-wqbc-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Car Plows Into Vancouver Festival, Killing People\" title=\"Car Plows Into Vancouver Festival, Killing People\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A driver plowed into a group of partygoers attending a Filipino street festival on Saturday evening in Vancouver, British Columbia, killing at least nine people, according to the local authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Vancouver police said earlier that they were investigating a \u201cmass casualty incident\u201d at a neighborhood block party. The police said they had taken \u201ca lone suspect\u201d into custody at the scene: the driver, a 30-year-old Vancouver man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Investigators had ruled out terrorism as a motive, Vancouver police said in an email, but they did not offer further details. Photographs published by news agencies showed what appeared to be a black SUV with significant damage to the front of the vehicle, and its airbags deployed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAt approximately 8:14 p.m. on April 26, a man drove into a large crowd of people attending the Lapu Lapu Day Festival near East 43rd Avenue and Fraser Street,\u201d the Vancouver police said in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VancouverPD\/status\/1916389760853283167\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> on social media. The annual event celebrates Datu Lapu Lapu, a national hero in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAs of now, we can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through a crowd at last night\u2019s Lapu Lapu Festival,\u201d the police said in another <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VancouverPD\/status\/1916433395888128348\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> on social media early Sunday. \u201cOur thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a news conference, Steve Rai, the interim police chief, did not address a possible motive for the incident, but said the driver had been known to the police. Members of the crowd had subdued the man before officers got to the scene, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The incident occurred less than 48 hours before <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/27\/world\/canada\/canada-election-mark-carney-china.html\" title=\"\">federal elections<\/a> were set to take place in Canada. When asked by reporters whether the incident was related to the elections, Mr. Rai said, \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Underscoring the police\u2019s initial assessment that the attack was an isolated event, the police are will allow a 10-kilometer run that drew more than 45,000 entrants last year to go ahead on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The incident occurred just as Apl.de.ap, a Filipino American rapper and a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, had finished a concert performance at the festival on the grounds of a high school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Alan Kane, a witness, told CBC Radio that just before the attack, the crowd on the street where it occurred was \u201cwall to wall\u201d and lined up for food trucks. He said that it appeared that the street was blocked to traffic only by plastic barriers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several witnesses told Canadian news outlets that those barriers had been pulled back before the incident. Kris Pangilinan, who was selling clothing at a booth, said that some cars and trucks had been allowed into the crowded street to allow vendors to pack up their stands. The Audi SUV, he said, had initially moved cautiously into the crowd before rapidly accelerating, knocking down victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt looked like we literally in a war zone,\u201d Mr. Pangilinan told the CBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other witnesses said the driver tried to run away before being subdued by bystanders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in a social media post that he was \u201cdevastated to hear about the horrific events at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver earlier this evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI offer my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed and injured, to the Filipino Canadian community, and to everyone in Vancouver,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are all mourning with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokeswoman for Mr. Carney said that his schedule for the final day of campaigning before Monday\u2019s vote would be revised because of the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Vancouver\u2019s mayor, Ken Sim, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KenSimCity\/status\/1916350887288836313\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> he was \u201cshocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Vancouver prides itself on being a diverse, multicultural city, with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/2021-census-minority-demographics-metro-vancouver-bc-1.6630164\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">more than half of its residents<\/a> identifying themselves as a \u201cvisible minority,\u201d according to 2021 census data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lapu Lapu Day is an annual celebration in the Philippines, marking the memory of Datu Lapu Lapu, who stood up against Spanish colonization. In Vancouver, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/lapulapuday.com\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the festival<\/a> was established as an annual event in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines said in a statement on Sunday that he was \u201ccompletely shattered to hear about the terrible incident\u201d in Vancouver, and he expressed his \u201cdeepest sympathies\u201d to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/27\/world\/asia\/vancouver-festival-vehicle-ramming-deaths.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A driver plowed into a group of partygoers attending a Filipino street festival on Saturday evening in Vancouver, British Columbia, killing at least nine people, according to the local authorities. Vancouver police said earlier that they were investigating a \u201cmass casualty incident\u201d at a neighborhood block party. 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