Death toll in Lapu Lapu festival attack rises to 11

Vancouver’s Philippine community is a shock and mourning after 11 people die on Saturdays.

This attack, which was held at the LAPU LAPU Festival, which celebrates the Philippine culture, has been injured dozens of injuries.

The organizer of the event said the Filipino community, a tight of the city, is “sad,” and the influence of the attack will be felt in the next few years.

The 30 -year -old suspect, who said the police had a history of mental health problems, were detained.

The police have not yet expressed their motivation for this attack, but they do not believe that it is terrorism.

This attack was held on Saturday (03:14 GMT) in East 43rd Avenue and about 20:14 local time in Fraser in southern Vancouver.

At Sunday, people laid flowers and expressed respect.

One woman doubled the ice before walking. Another woman named Donna said she lived in this area for more than 50 years.

She said she was in the festival and was packed with young people and family.

“People celebrated and had a good time,” he told the BBC. “This is tragic.”

At the press conference the next day, RJ Aquino, head of the Philippine BC organization, said, “Last night was very difficult and the community will feel this for a long time.”

“We know that many questions come to mind and there is no answer, but I want to tell everyone that we are sad,” he added.

Aquino has caused considerable confusion and confusion in the city’s tightly -organized Philippine community, and many residents called each other to check their loved ones.

“I don’t think my phone has been wearing so much in my life,” he said. “When someone answered, there were many panic and relief.”

In an individual news briefing on Sunday, Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said in the city’s history, “the darkest day.”

He said that “dozens of” people were injured in an attack.

“The number of deaths can rise in the next few days or weeks,” he added.

Unnamed suspects were detained by police officers after being detained by bystanders in the field.

Rai did not specify potential motivation, but he said, “In this case, evidence can be said with confidence that this is not believed to be the action of terrorism.”

He added that the suspect has an important history of interaction with police and medical experts related to mental health.

Official criminal charges have not been raised yet.

The festival in Vancouver, where more than 140,000 Canadians from the Philippines are held every year to commemorate the LAPU -LAPU, a national hero who resisted Spanish colonies in the 1500s.

Tens of thousands of people attended this event.

According to RAI, the police carried out a threat before the festival and partially closed the road from the distance behind the school where most festivals were held.

He added that there is no higher threat level for the event.

The streets of the attack were mainly used by food trucks and no barriers.

RAI told the official officials and the first respondents that it would be a “basin moment”.

The attack urged Mark Carney to cancel large -scale meetings of Liberal Party supporters in Calgary and Richmond just before the Canadian federal election on April 28.

New Skirt Toon and Edmonton’s small community -centered events were expected to continue as planned.

Kani told Canadians that he was “spoiled” and “was devastated” by the attack in a television speech.

Pierre Policyvre, a major opposition candidate, continued to campaign as the candidates tried to make a final pitch to voters before the poll.

PoilIvre, the leader of the Canadian Conservative Party, called the incident a “meaningless attack” and said that the leader of British Columbia New Democratic Party David Eby was “shocked and painful.”

The New Democratic Party’s Jagmeet Singh, a Canadian political leader, was one of the people who attended the Lapu Lapu Festival on Saturday and changed the planned event on Sunday.

He said, “It is a heartbreaking” that such joy can be torn so violently.

“I have gathered my family to see the children dancing, and I have proudly in the culture and community.”