Lapu-Lapu festival suspect should have been in hospital before attack, experts say | Unpublished
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Author: Nancy Macdonald, Mike Hager
Publication Date: October 15, 2025 - 05:00

Lapu-Lapu festival suspect should have been in hospital before attack, experts say

October 15, 2025

The man accused of driving an SUV through a crowded street festival in Vancouver this spring, killing 11, should have been hospitalized by his mental-health team in the days before the attack, say four past and present members of a tribunal that oversees involuntary hospital detentions.

These members of the Mental Health Review Board of British Columbia say Kai-Ji Adam Lo’s behaviour before the April 26 attack on the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival should have raised multiple red flags for members of his health team, who are trained to recognize them.



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