Vancouver festival tragedy: Suspect charged with 8 counts of murder, court records show

A fishy has been criminally charged successful narration to the deaths past night. Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, faces 8 counts of murder.

He is acceptable to marque a tribunal quality this afternoon.

Mayor, interim main crook information questions to intelligence health

The quality league has wrapped.

Journalists asked respective times astir the deficiency of barricades connected the thoroughfare that was lined with nutrient trucks, wherever the incidental happened.

Sim and Rai repeatedly responded by saying they judge the "root cause" of the incidental is intelligence health.

One newsman mentioned the 2023 stabbing of respective radical astatine a Vancouver Chinatown lawsuit and asked whether it raised immoderate reddish flags astir information readying of taste events.

"It would beryllium hard to instrumentality 1 template from 1 neighbourhood and 1 acceptable of facts and use it to different event," Rai said.

Sim — who was endorsed by the constabulary national successful the 2022 mayoral predetermination — chimed in, saying Vancouver constabulary apprehended the fishy successful the Chinatown stabbing "within 10 minutes."

No interactions with fishy instantly earlier tragedy, Rai says

Interim constabulary main defends hazard assessment

As we reported earlier, determination person been questions astir however a operator was capable to get an SUV into the crowd. Rai says that the hazard appraisal done by police, anterior to large events, involves scanning societal media for threats and moving with organizers connected their needs, among a “whole gamut” of preparations.

He says that past year’s Lapu Lapu Day festival was a family-friendly lawsuit for Filipino radical to observe their culture, an ambiance constabulary wanted to support this year. He said helium believes this year’s effect was due based connected the accusation they had.

“We don’t privation to cage everybody up astatine each lawsuit successful the City of Vancouver,” the interim constabulary main said.

Police inactive moving to ID immoderate of the injured

Rai says a fig of victims "have not yet been identified."

He said "dozens" of radical person been injured, "some critically."

Those looking for loved ones who were astatine the festival tin either spell successful idiosyncratic to the 24-hour assistance centre astatine the Douglas Park assemblage centre oregon talk with a unfortunate liaison serviceman astatine 1-604-717-3321.

Youngest unfortunate was 5 years old, Rai says

Mayor promises 'full review' of information measures

Sim says he's called for a "full review" of the city's information measures.

That reappraisal volition see looking astatine "barriers, postulation power and information controls,” helium said. “Our archetypal precedence is and volition ever beryllium protecting the residents of Vancouver.”

Rai had called the calamity a "watershed moment" earlier today, saying the information reappraisal of events had "worked up to this point."

Sim offers condolences successful clip of ‘unimaginable pain’

Sim thanked those who person reached retired to him with words of support, including different elected officials from crossed Canada and astir the world.

The 2021 census showed that 38,605 Vancouverites were of Filipino descent — the third-largest disposable number radical successful the city, down those of South Asian and Chinese descent.

“Let maine conscionable archer you, their spot — adjacent done this unimaginable symptom — exemplifies Vancouver’s resiliency,” helium said.

Vancouver’s politician is speaking now

Ken Sim is holding a quality league astatine metropolis hallway alongside representatives from the city, the constabulary section and occurrence department.

He repeats Rai’s words from this morning, saying Vancouver saw “its darkest day” yesterday.

Singh says helium near festival 'minutes' earlier tragedy

At a pared-down run halt successful Penticton astir 2 p.m., Singh was affectional recounting what the Lapu Lapu festival was similar connected Saturday portion helium visited soon earlier the calamity occurred.

"I support connected reasoning astir the kids that I met, the joy. I was determination virtually minutes earlier this happened. And I can't halt reasoning astir however overmuch happiness was there," said Singh, who made the abbreviated halt accompanied by his parents.

"People were truthful affirmative and truthful joyful and to person specified a horrific happening happen, I support connected replaying it," the NDP person said, trailing off, his dependable hoarse.

Singh volition beryllium attending a Filipino wide this evening successful Vancouver. Carney is besides readying connected being astatine an lawsuit with Premier Eby, though his squad has not specified precisely wherever that volition be.