Vancouver car rampage: 9 killed, cops say no terror link in Lapu Lapu festival mishap but suspect held. Who is he?

On Saturday, Canadian police detained a guy after a car slammed into a street party in the western city of Vancouver, killing nine people. The incident has officially been ruled out as an act of terrorism by authorities. While the death toll was first unknown, Vancouver police ultimately verified nine people perished in the tragedy.

The incident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday, as members of the Filipino community gathered to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver's Sunset on Fraser district. The celebration, which honors a Filipino anti-colonial leader from the 16th century, takes place this year on the weekend preceding the Canadian election.

While Canada Police stated that the vehicle that hit the crowd was not an act of terrorism, a 30-year-old local man was arrested on the site, according to Vancouver police on social networking platform X. The driver was not immediately identified, but a police official told journalists at the scene that he was a "lone suspect" known to cops.