Police say several people have been killed and injured, as man arrested at scene
Here is some of what acting police chief Steve Rai said in a Vancouver Police news conference earlier. These quotes have been carried by BBC News. Rai said:
There are “multiple injured” and “multiple fatalities” following the incident.
“There are still family members who need to be contacted.”
He did not want to be “unfair to families by putting out numbers that we aren’t even sure on yet”.
The 30-year-old suspect from Vancouver was “known to police in certain circumstances”.
The suspect was “taken into custody by people in the crowd” before police arrived at the scene.
The Lapu Lapu Day celebration underwent a “robust security assessment” before it was allowed to be put on.
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