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Vehicle hitting crowd in Vancouver 'not an act of terrorism': police

Published: 27 Apr 2025 - 01:04 pm | Last Updated: 27 Apr 2025 - 01:26 pm
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.

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.

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Vancouver: Vancouver police said they did not suspect "an act of terrorism" after a driver plowed into a street party on Saturday in the Canadian city, killing a number of people.

"At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism," police said in an X post early Sunday morning.