King Charles has said he was “profoundly saddened” after nine people were killed when a car drove into a crowd of people attending a Filipino festival in Vancouver.
Nine people died after a car drove into a crowd of people at street party celebrating the Filipino Lapu Lapu Day on Saturday night.
Charles, who is the King of Canada, said: “Both my wife and I were profoundly saddened to learn of the dreadful attack and utterly tragic loss of life in Vancouver, which took place as the Filipino community came together to mark the celebration of one of their most special festivals.
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“Our hearts and prayers go out to all those whose lives have been shattered by such a desperate tragedy and we send our deepest possible sympathy at a most agonizing time for so many in Canada.”
Multiple others were injured after the driver hit the crowd at 8:14pm last night, as crowds celebrated of Datu Lapu-Lapu, an Indigenous Visayan Chieftain from Mactan, Philippines, described as the country’s first national hero.
The crash is being treated as a “mass casualty incident”, police said – but they are not treating it as a terrorist attack.
“At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism,” Vancouver police wrote late on Saturday.
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