And massive outrage During the celebration of a street festival of the Filipino community of Vancouver (Canada) has left at least 11 dead and more than 20 injuredas reported by police.
The tragic event, discarded as a terrorist act, has caused dozens of injured, many of them seriously. “It is The most dark day in the history of our citywhen thousands of members of the Filipino community of Vancouver met for an important cultural celebration. A single person has pieces our collective sense of security, “the provisional chief of Vancouver, Steve Rai, told a press conference.
The driver of the vehicle is a Vancouver 30 -year -old man with a historyaccording to the police, which has been arrested In the place of the incident. According to witnesses, the suspect was driving a black one that rammed at full speed Against food stalls in a busy city in the final moments of the street festival of the Filipino-Canadian community called Lapu Lapu when there was still a large crowd in the place.
Rai has also indicated that the detainee is an individual who was “known” for the police and suffers from mental problems“I can say that the person in custody has a significant history of interactions with the police and professionals related to mental health. I cannot publicly identify the person we have in custody because the positions have not yet been presented,” he said. The newspaper Vancouver Sun has indicated when the man was being questioned Said “Sorry” to the people who watched the scene, and who asked them not to film their face with mobile phones.
Police have insisted that It has not been a terrorist act because “there are no indicators that this individual had religious or political ideas” and for their history known by the authorities.
The local newspaper The Globe He has summoned a witness who has reported how a group of security agents, the first to arrest the alleged author, faced with him and asked him if he was drunk or drugged. “He stood there, without saying anything“said the witness identified as Lovepreet Singh.
In social networks they have published some videos that show emergency teams at the scene of the outrage, with Several people lying on the groundas well as the vehicle that has perpetrated the event, completely shattered.
This massive abuse also occurs On the eve of the celebration of general elections In Canada, which takes place this Monday. The commotion in the country has been such that some political leaders have canceled their respective electoral acts this Sunday.
The prime minister,Mark Carney,He has declared “devastated” and has ruled out that there is “an active threat to Canadians.”
