Several people killed, others injured after vehicle drives into Vancouver street festival crowd

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42967562

Other threads:

- !canada@lemmy.ca: https://lemmy.ca/post/42965727

- r/Vancouver: https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1k8v49i/

- https://x.com/VancouverPD/status/1916348189449634129

News Articles:

- https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/26/major-police-incident-vancouver-lapu-lapu-festival/

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