A 30-year-old man has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder after a car was driven into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada.
The attack at a festival that celebrated Filipino culture left 11 dead and dozens more injured.
Work to identify some victims was continuing on Sunday evening, and police said the suspect, Kai-Ji Adam Lo, a resident of the city, was likely to be charged with further murders.
Investigators said the suspect was known to police before the attack but ruled out an extremist motive, instead pointing to his history of mental health problems.
Organisers of the annual Lapu Lapu festival said the city’s tight-knit Filipino community was “grieving” and that the attack’s impact will be felt for years to come.
Earlier, police said the ages of the victims ranged from five to 65. Their identities have not been disclosed.
The attack took place at around 20:14 local time on Saturday (03:14 GMT) at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser in the south of Vancouver.
The festival in Vancouver – home to over 140,000 Canadians of Filipino descent – takes place yearly to commemorate Lapu-Lapu, a national hero who resisted Spanish colonisation in the 1500s.
Tens of thousands of people were in attendance at the event.
According to Rai, police had conducted a threat assessment ahead of the festival and had partially closed a road on a street behind a school where the bulk of the festivities were taking place.
He added nothing to indicate a higher threat level for the event.
The street where the attack took place was largely being used by food trucks,a nd there were no barriers in place.
Rai said that the incident would be a “watershed moment” for city officials and first responders.
The attack came just before Canada’s federal election on 28 April, prompting Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel large gatherings of Liberal Party supporters in Calgary and Richmond.
