The 30 -year -old man arrested on Sunday after falling with his car on the crowd killing 11 people was accused of murder and injuring other dozens during a festival in the Philippine community of Vancouverin Canada, during the Festival Lapu lapu. “The services of the British Columbia prosecutor’s office inclined Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30 years old, with eight accusation for second degree murder,” said the police in a note adding that further accusations are expected. He appeared in court before returning to pre -trial detention. He would have agitatedly acted, said the police. No motive was confirmed for the Saturday evening attack in the western Canadian city, although the authorities have excluding the hypothesis of terrorism. Police chief Steve Rai said that the suspect guided a black audi SUV e It has a “significant history” of interactions with the police and with mental health professionals.
In some photos taken on the scene you can see a black SUV with the crumpled front. When he was stopped by the people who were on the spot, before being delivered to the agents, he would repeat him several times: “I’m sorry”. The massacre was completed shortly after 20 on Saturday (5 in Italy) in the Sunset on Fraser district.
Farnesina and the Embassy in Canada are verifying the possible presence of Italians on the spot. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, “was informed”.
The mayor of Vancouver, Ken SIMsaid in a statement that he was “shocked and deeply saddened” for what he called a “horrible accident” at the Festival. “Our thoughts are with all those who have been affected and with the Filipin community of Vancouver at this incredibly difficult moment,” he said. Also the premier of British Columbia, David Eby, He wrote on social media that he is “shocked and with a broken heart” in learning the lost lives and wounded at the Festival. The day of Lapu Lapu takes its name from an indigenous fighter of the resistance of the Philippines who struggled against the Spanish colonization in the 16th century.