2025 Vancouver car attack
| 2025 Vancouver car attack | |
|---|---|
East 41st and Fraser Street, the day after the attack | |
Lapu Lapu Day Festival 2025 Vancouver car attack (Vancouver City) | |
| Location | Fraser Street at East 41st Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°13′52″N 123°05′28″W / 49.231°N 123.091°W |
| Date | April 26, 2025 8:14 p.m. PDT (UTC−07:00) |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
| Weapons | Audi Q7 |
| Deaths | 11 |
Injured | 32+ |
| Motive | Under investigation |
| Accused | Kai-Ji Adam Lo |
| Charges | Eight counts of second-degree murder |
On April 26, 2025, a vehicle-ramming attack happened during the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, Canada. The festival celebrates Filipino heritage. Eleven people were killed and more than twenty were hurt. It is one of the deadliest vehicle attacks in Canadian history, tying with the 2018 Toronto van attack. The next day, it was reported by the Ministry of Health that number of injured had risen to 32 people.[1]
According to the Vancouver Police Department, the car attack was not an act of terrorism.[2] A black Audi Q7 SUV drove through East 43rd Avenue west of Fraser Street at around 8:14 p.m. PDT. It hit multiple people and the driver, Kai-Ji Adam Lo, was held down by bystanders and arrested when he tried to run away from the scene.[3] He was charged with eight counts of second-degree murder.[4]
References
- ↑ "Vancouver man charged with 8 counts of murder in Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy". CBC News. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- ↑ "Vancouver Live: Nine killed and suspect arrested after vehicle hit crowd at Lapu-Lapu street festival". Reuters. April 27, 2025. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Driver charged with murder in Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- ↑ "Suspect charged with eight counts of second degree murder after Vancouver car ramming". BBC News. Retrieved May 30, 2025.