5-year-old girl and her parents among the dead in a car attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver

Manila Bulletin

Vancouver's Filipino community is mourning after a man rammed his black Audi SUV into the crowd at a Filipino heritage festival, killing 11 people and injuring dozens.  The British Columbia Prosecution Service has charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, with eight counts of second degree murder and says more charges are possible.  The black Audi SUV sped down a closed, food-truck-lined street Saturday evening and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, which celebrates Datu Lapu-Lapu, an Indigenous chieftain who stood up to Spanish explorers who came to the Philippines in the 16th century.

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00:00These are really incredibly hard days for all of us in this community.

00:17What has happened to us here in Vancouver, we've seen it happen in other cities, we've

00:23seen it happen in other countries, we've seen it happen throughout the world.

00:28It has never happened to us here and it has absolutely shaken our entire community to

00:33the core.

00:34Eleven people have died as a result of this vehicle attack.

00:39There are eight counts of second degree murder that have been laid.

00:43We anticipate that additional charges will be laid in the coming days or weeks.

00:49The gender of the five-year-old is female.

00:53The oldest victim, age 65, is a man.

00:56I can confirm that Kai-G Lo did have contact with the police in a neighbouring jurisdiction

01:04on April 25th, the day before the vehicle attack.

01:10That contact was not criminal in nature and it did not rise to the level where mental health

01:17intervention was required.

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