A number of people have been killed and multiple others injured in Vancouver after a driver drove into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in the western Canadian city
Police said, the incident happened shortly after 8 pm Saturday in the city’s Sunset on Fraser neighbourhood and the driver has been taken into custody.
The festival titled Lapu Lapu Day commemorates a Filipino anti-colonial leader from the 16th century.
One witness told CTV news on Vancouver incident, he saw a black vehicle driving erratically in area of the festival just before the crowd was struck.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the federal government was closely monitoring developments as the investigation continues.