Police providing update on investigation into deadly car-ramming attack at Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival

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Questions astir however SUV got into the festival

There person been questions astir however the SUV got into a crowded country of the festival and whether capable barriers were successful place.

City Coun. Lenny Zhou said successful an interrogation with Rosemary Barton connected CBC News Network that helium was astatine the festival for respective hours Saturday and that helium did spot barriers successful place.

"I saw the barriers connected the thoroughfare that were there. There were radical connected each azygous street," Zhou said. "So however did this SUV get into this event? I don't know."

"People were horrified … shocked. This was meant to beryllium a precise bully celebration. People were scared," Zhou said, adding that, "Vancouver is resilient. The Filipino assemblage is arsenic well. We volition get done this."

Kris Pangilinan, a Toronto-based writer who flew to Vancouver to be the Lapu Lapu Day celebrations, told CBC News yesterday that crews had lifted a barricade that was blocking postulation to let a conveyance to participate toward the extremity of the festival.

While immoderate cars were being guided cautiously done the crowds, Pangilinan said 1 car abruptly plowed done the thoroughfare astatine precocious speed.

Police volition apt beryllium asked astir the contented of the barriers astatine their property league this morning, which has been delayed from its commencement clip of 9 a.m. PT.

Liberal run cancels 2 rallies

The Liberals person cancelled 2 ample rallies planned successful Calgary and Richmond, B.C., successful airy of past night’s attacks successful Vancouver, a Carney run root told my workfellow Ashley Burke.

Smaller events successful Saskatoon and Edmonton are going distant arsenic planned.

Eyewitness describes large ‘boom’ sounds

I’m a writer astatine CBC Vancouver. More eyewitnesses are sharing their experiences aft yesterday’s onslaught astatine the Lapu Lapu Day festival — which was being held connected Fraser Street for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row.

The Sunset neighbourhood wherever the onslaught happened is simply a multicultural one. People of South Asian, Filipino and Chinese origins — among others — telephone it home.

Daneila Romero lives a artifact distant from the tract of the attack. She told CBC News connected Sunday greeting she was astatine the festival earlier Saturday with her parent and girlfriend.

Around 8 p.m. PT, she describes proceeding a large “boom, boom, boom” dependable — thing she thought was gunfire, but would aboriginal recognize was the dependable of the conveyance hitting pedestrians.

“What is going connected successful the world? It seems radical hatred immigrants similar me,” Romero said.

“So, I don't know. It seems similar we are being targeted, truthful it's benignant of shocking.”

Former premier minister, much overseas politicians react

Former premier curate Justin Trudeau has shared his condolences.

On X, Trudeau wrote, "My bosom goes retired to the loved ones of each the victims of the tragic onslaught astatine the Lapu Lapu Festival successful Vancouver."

More politicians astir the satellite are besides continuing to respond and nonstop their condolences.

The United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary David Lammy said helium was "shocked and profoundly saddened by the unspeakable events astatine Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival past night. Our thoughts are with each of those affected, their families and loved ones."

Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha posted connected X astir the attack, saying, "We successful Ukraine cognize the symptom of loss. Our hearts spell retired to the victims' loved ones."

Vigil planned astatine southeast Vancouver church

Hi there, I'm a newsman successful Montreal. Migrante B.C., an enactment that advocates for the rights of Filipino workers, volition beryllium holding a vigil astatine 10:30 a.m. PT astatine the greeting wide of St. Mary the Virgin, much commonly referred to arsenic St. Mary’s South Hill, whose congregation is mostly Filipino.

"This is dense and shocking quality to our community," the radical said connected Facebook. "This was meant to beryllium a solemnisation of our past and unity. Instead, it has go a infinitesimal of heavy grief and concern."

The enactment besides said it is acceptable to nonstop radical to assorted resources, including intelligence wellness services.

It said the supplication vigil "will beryllium held to question justness for the victims and healing for the radical and families affected."

A ‘senseless tragedy,’ says ambassador

Maria Andrelita Austria, Philippine ambassador to Canada, called the onslaught a “senseless tragedy” during an interrogation with CBC this morning.

She said the consulate is offering on-the-ground enactment to victims astatine the Vancouver hospitals wherever they were brought aft the attack.

The consulate is besides successful interaction with Vancouver police, officials and the festival’s organizers to spot however they tin help.

She said the Vancouver Police Department isn’t sharing whether immoderate victims person been identified astatine this time, arsenic families are notified of deaths.

Asked if she knows whether the onslaught was a hate-motivated crime, Austria said, “We anticipation not.” She added that the consulate is focused close present connected helping victims and their families.

“We are present to enactment you successful immoderate mode we can,” she said.

Poilievre speaks astatine Filipino assemblage church

After greeting congregants astatine a Filipino assemblage religion successful Mississauga, Ont., this morning, Poilievre said helium was determination successful solidarity “after the unspeakable attacks that we witnessed successful British Columbia.”

Speaking to the churchgoers, the Conservative person said helium knows galore of them are heartbroken by the “senseless enactment of violence.” He stood manus successful manus with his wife, Anaida, arsenic helium delivered the remarks.

He added that Canadians would travel unneurotic to enactment the families and loved ones of the victims. “All of them volition person a heavy spread successful their hearts today, and we volition effort to capable it with the emotion of the full country.”

NDP cancels run events

In airy of the deadly onslaught successful Vancouver, Singh has changed his plans for the past time of campaigning.

He’ll clasp a quality league successful Penticton, B.C., astatine 9 a.m. PT, and past instrumentality to Vancouver with nary further events connected his schedule.

Singh had been slated to be a parade successful Penticton earlier making stops successful adjacent Oliver and past Vancouver, and past extremity the time with an lawsuit successful Coquitlam.

Governor General shares condolences

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon shared her “deepest condolences” with families and loved ones of the victims of the onslaught successful Vancouver.

“A joyous solemnisation of Filipino culture, assemblage and practice ended successful nonaccomplishment of beingness and superior injuries arsenic a effect of a horrific act,” she wrote.

“I besides privation to explicit my gratitude to each the archetypal responders who rushed to the country of the incident; your courage, dedication and swift enactment successful the look of specified devastation are profoundly appreciated.”