The national elections take place this Monday 28. The tragedy occurred during the Filipino Festival in Vancouver
Summary
Running in Vancouver during the Filippino Festival leaves 9 dead, leads the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carnery to suspend the campaign before the elections and there is no terrorism tests, said the police.
The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark CarneryHe suspended his agenda for the campaign on Sunday 27, after a race in Vancouver left at least nine deaths and several injured. The attack occurred at the time the crowd dispersed after the Filipino Lapu-Lapu festival in the southern region of the city.
According to the agency’s information ReutersThis Sunday would mark the last day of speeches before the national elections, scheduled for Monday 28. In a message on social networks, leading complained: “I am devastated to meet horrible events at the Lapu-Lapu Festival in Vancouver.
The conservative leader Pierre Poirievre also spoke: “My thoughts are with the Filipin community and all the victims of this foolish attack”.
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In March, Carry had anticipated the elections, originally planned in October, supporting the need for a new mandate in view of the rates imposed by the President of the United States Donald Trump, who threaten the Canadian economy. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lives due to Trump’s unjustified commercial actions,” said Carry at that moment.
Saturday 26, in Ontario, the Prime Minister strengthened his speech according to which he is more ready to guide the country in the middle of economic tensions. Already his main opponent, then, defended the need for alternation in power, after almost ten years of liberal governments previously led by Justin Trudeau.
Ride
A tragedy marked the celebrations of a Filipino Festival in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday evening, 26 years old. A driver advanced with his vehicle above the crowd after the event, leaving at least nine deaths and several injured, local police.
The race occurred around 20:00 (Vancouver time), equivalent to midnight on Sunday 27, in Brasilia’s time, in a neighborhood in the south of the city.
According to the Vancouver police department, there is no evidence that the act was a terrorist attack. The driver, a man of about 30 years old, was arrested and is in custody, although his identity has not yet been released.
The episode took place during the celebrations of the Lapu-Lapu day, an event that honors the indigenous Filipino leader responsible for the defeat of the colonization forces led by Fernão de Magalhães.
*With information from Reuters and Associated Press
Source: Terra
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