At Least 11 Dead After Man Plows Car Into Crowd at Vancouver Street Festival

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โ€œAt this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism,โ€ the police department posted on Sunday.

At least 11 people have been killed and 20 others injured after a man drove a car into a crowd during a street festival in Vancouver, local police said on Sunday.

The driver has been taken into custody.

The attack happened at 8:14 p.m. local time on Saturday, at the intersection of Fraser Street and East 41st Avenue where the Filipino community was holding its Lapu Lapu Day Block Party, Vancouver Police said.

โ€œWe will provide more information as the investigation unfolds,โ€ the police force added.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, who changed the scheduling of his campaign events following news of the incident, said the police described it as a โ€œcar ramming attack.โ€

โ€œAn investigation is ongoing to determine how and why this horrific attack occurred. Authorities have confirmed one person is [in] custody and it is believed they acted alone.โ€

Images from the scene show the police investigating a black SUV which has its hood crumpled and engine underneath exposed.

Videos shared on social media show bodies and debris on the ground along a long stretch of road at the festival, with paramedics and police at the scene.

Police said they arrested the suspect, a 30-year-old Vancouver man, at the scene and that its Major Crime Section is overseeing the investigation.

โ€œAt this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism,โ€ the police department posted on Sunday.

The man was arrested after bystanders initially apprehended him, Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said at a news conference.

Social media videos showed a man wearing a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, flanked by a security guard and bystanders who were screaming and swearing at him.

โ€œIโ€™m sorry,โ€ the man said while holding his hand to his head.

Rai did not comment on the video, but described the person in custody as a โ€œlone maleโ€ who was โ€œknown to police in certain circumstances.โ€

One witness told CTV News he saw a black vehicle driving erratically in the area of the festival just before the crowd was struck.

By Melanie SunOmid Ghoreishi and Jacob Burg

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