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Multiple people have been killed and a number of others injured after a car drove into a crowd of revellers at a street festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Vancouver police say the driver is in custody after the incident just after 8pm local time on Saturday (1pm Sunday AEST), at a Filipino community event called the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party.
Screengrabs from vision taken from the scene of a fatal incident in South Vancouver.Credit: X: @MaviLakhvinder
Footage showed victims lying on the ground on a street lined with food trucks, and debris strewn across a long stretch of road, with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground.
A black SUV with a crumpled front section could be seen in still photos from the scene.
Black Eyed Peas performers Apl.de.Ap and J. Rey Soul were the headline acts at the festival, which was meant to wrap up at 8pm.
Earlier posts on social media showed large crowds wandering past market stalls set up along a street in the city’s South Vancouver neighbourhood.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said she was “shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident” at the festival.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected and with Vancouver’s Filipino community during this incredibly difficult time.”
