A person has been charged with a number of counts of homicide after eleven folks, together with a five-year-old baby, had been killed in a car assault in Vancouver.
The British Columbia Prosecution Service stated that Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, has been charged with eight counts of second diploma homicide.
It added that extra expenses had been doable. Investigators have dominated out terrorism as a motive and stated Lo had a historical past of psychological well being points.
Prosecutors stated Lo, a resident of Vancouver, appeared in court docket on Sunday and stays in custody.
Vancouver Police beforehand stated a person drove into a big group of individuals on the Lapu Lapu Day Block Occasion – named after a nationwide hero of the Philippines – close to forty third Avenue and Fraser Avenue at round 8.14pm native time on Saturday.
It was the second yr the Lapu Lapu pageant has been held, with J Rey Soul of the Black Eyed Peas listed among the many performers.
Police stated there have been as much as “a few thousand” folks in attendance, though the group measurement was fluid.
Footage posted on social media confirmed victims and particles strewn throughout a protracted stretch of street, with a number of folks mendacity motionless on the bottom.
A black Audi SUV with a crumpled entrance part might be seen in images from the scene.
In a press convention on Sunday, Vancouver Police Deputy Chief Constable Steve Rai stated dozens extra had been injured as nicely, some significantly, and that the variety of lifeless may rise.
He additionally stated the oldest sufferer was 65, and described the assault as “the darkest day in our city’s history”.
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Mr Rai added that the person was arrested after initially being apprehended by bystanders.
The incident got here forward of Canada’s election, with voters headed for the polls to decide on a brand new prime minister in a while Monday.
“Those families are living every family’s nightmare.”
