Carney expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the tragedy at the Vancouver festival.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has expressed his condolences to the relatives of those injured and killed when a car hit a crowd of people at a Vancouver festival.

"I was shocked to hear about the terrible events that took place tonight at the Lapu-Lapu Festival in Vancouver. I extend my deepest condolences to the families of the dead and injured, the Filipino-Canadian community, and everyone in Vancouver.... We are closely monitoring the situation," he wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Vancouver police are investigating the details of an SUV hitting a crowd of people at a Filipino community festival, and the case has been transferred to the Department of Especially Serious Crimes.

"At approximately 20:14 on April 26 (06:14 on April 27 Moscow time), a man drove into a large crowd of visitors to the Lapu-Lapu festival in the area of Fraser Street and East 41st Avenue. The 30-year—old suspect was arrested at the scene," the law enforcement officers said in a statement on the social network X.

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There are dead and wounded

It became known about a car hitting people at a street festival in Vancouver earlier that day. The incident occurred on the evening of April 26 during the celebration of the Philippine Lapu-Lapu Day. The driver of the car was detained. The Canadian Global News channel, citing sources, reported that at least eight people were killed in the incident, including a child, and six others were injured.