Vancouver's Filipino community is mourning after a man rammed his black Audi SUV into the crowd at a Filipino heritage festival, killing 11 people and injuring dozens.
The British Columbia Prosecution Service has charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, with eight counts of second degree murder and says more charges are possible.
The black Audi SUV sped down a closed, food-truck-lined street Saturday evening and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, which celebrates Datu Lapu-Lapu, an Indigenous chieftain who stood up to Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the 16th century.
The British Columbia Prosecution Service has charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, with eight counts of second degree murder and says more charges are possible.
The black Audi SUV sped down a closed, food-truck-lined street Saturday evening and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, which celebrates Datu Lapu-Lapu, an Indigenous chieftain who stood up to Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the 16th century.
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00:00These are really incredibly hard days for all of us in this community.
00:17What has happened to us here in Vancouver, we've seen it happen in other cities, we've
00:23seen it happen in other countries, we've seen it happen throughout the world.
00:28It has never happened to us here and it has absolutely shaken our entire community to
00:33the core.
00:34Eleven people have died as a result of this vehicle attack.
00:39There are eight counts of second degree murder that have been laid.
00:43We anticipate that additional charges will be laid in the coming days or weeks.
00:49The gender of the five-year-old is female.
00:53The oldest victim, age 65, is a man.
00:56I can confirm that Kai-G Lo did have contact with the police in a neighbouring jurisdiction
01:04on April 25th, the day before the vehicle attack.
01:10That contact was not criminal in nature and it did not rise to the level where mental health
01:17intervention was required.