Vancouver police investigate a crime scene after a man drove into pedestrians at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture, at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser, in the south of Vancouver on April 26, 2025. Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP
London: Britain's King Charles III said on Sunday he and his wife Queen Camilla were "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of at least nine people when a driver ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to all those whose lives have been shattered by such a desperate tragedy and we send our deepest possible sympathy at a most agonizing time for so many in Canada," the monarch, who is also head of state in Canada, said in a statement.
