Eleven people dead, dozens injured after man drives into crowd at Vancouver Filipino street festival | Unpublished
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Author: Jana G. Pruden
Publication Date: April 27, 2025 - 12:38

Eleven people dead, dozens injured after man drives into crowd at Vancouver Filipino street festival

April 27, 2025
Eleven people are now confirmed dead after an SUV barreled through a Filipino street festival in Vancouver Saturday evening, in what Vancouver Police Department Interim Chief Steve Rai has called “the darkest day in our city’s history.” “We believe dozens more are injured, some seriously, and the number of dead could rise in the coming days or weeks,” Mr. Rai said at media at a press conference in Vancouver on Sunday morning. He said the 30-year-old driver has “a significant history of interactions with police and healthcare professionals related to mental health.”


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The 30-year-old suspect charged in the SUV-ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that left at least 11 people dead has a “significant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health,” Vancouver Police Department Interim Chief Steve Rai said on Sunday.That’s police-speak for what can be more plainly stated thus: “The man who allegedly went on a deadly rampage suffers from untreated mental illness, likely schizophrenia, and he’s been picked up numerous times in a psychotic state.”
April 27, 2025 - 21:38 | André Picard | The Globe and Mail
Vancouver’s acting police chief said that Saturday was the city’s darkest day. It was also the darkest for Canada’s dynamic and growing Filipino community.The vehicle attack that killed 11 people at a street festival Saturday night left its roughly one million members reeling.
April 27, 2025 - 21:20 | Marcus Gee, Brent Jang, Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail