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Improvised memorial where a tragedy involved a car that ran over several people during a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada.
5 -year -old girl among the victims of the run over on Saturday night at a street festival. Authorities fear that the number of dead will increase in the coming days, as there are dozens of people injured.
The Public Prosecution Service (MP) of the province of British Columbia, in western Canada, accused of murder Adam Lo Kai-jithe suspect of a run over that killed 11 people at a street festival in Vancouver.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the MP said it presented eight charges of second -degree murder against Adam Lo and said more accusations were possible.
The suspect, from 30 yearswhich had been detained at the run -over site, has a Mental Saúde Problem Historyrevealed the police. Lo, who lives in Vancouver, has already attended in court and the judge has decided that the suspect should remain in custody, the MP said.
Hours earlier, the Canada police had reviewed 11 The number of dead, aged 5 to 65 yearsdue to the attack on Saturday night.
The run over also left dozens of people injured. Some are in critical condition, and the authorities fear that the death toll in the coming days.
At 20:00 local (4:00 am Sunday in Lisbon), in the Sunset On Fraser area, a black jeep advanced high speed against the crowd who participated in a festival that brings together the Filipine Community of Vancouver, known as Lapu Lapu.
“A car crossed the whole street and ran over everyone,” a local resident told Associated Press: he saw “maybe 20 people on the floor were all in panic, everyone shouted.”
“It’s the darkest day in Vancouver’s history,” Vancouver police chief Steve Rai said at a press conference.
The Vancouver Sun newspaper, quoted by the EFE news agency, said that when being questioned, the suspect asked the scene to “apologize” to the scene, having asked them not to shoot his face with the mobile phones.
For now, the hypothesis of terrorism is discarded. “Right now, We are confident that it was not an act of terrorism“The police department said on Sunday morning.
Mark Carney, leader of the liberal (progressive) party and current prime minister (after replacing Justin Trudeau in the party and government), canceled the first event of the last day of the election campaign. Canadians choose the next head of government this Monday.
