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Nine killed after a Vancouver man allegedly drove his car into a Lapu Lapu Day festival crowd

Steve Rai, Vancouver Police interim police chief, speaks during a news conference that there had been a vehicle and a suspect involved in an incident at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025. Canadian police arrested a man on April 26 after a car plowed into a street party in the western city of Vancouver killing a number of people. 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.

Steve Rai, Vancouver Police interim police chief, speaks during a news conference about a vehicle and a suspect involved in an incident at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025.

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2025-04-27 13:47:33

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