The dead are the dead from the car attack when a man fell on a crowd during a festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, according to recent reports.

More than 20 people were injured by the attack. Vancouver police chief said the alleged perpetrator has previously been concerned with authorities while allegedly facing mental health issues.

The vehicle was on the road at 8:14 pm On Saturday, citizens who participated in the “Lapu Lapu Day” festival was seized, Vancouver police announced in a post on social networks.

A Vancouver man was arrested and authorities are still investigating the motivation, but police said, according to the first evidence, he is convinced that this is not a terrorist act.

“The research is ongoing to find out how and why this horrible attack happened. One person is in custody and is believed to have acted on its own, “said Prime Minister Mark Carney, who canceled his first election event on the last day of the campaign, ahead of Monday’s elections.

Video from the spot shows dead and injured along a narrow road in southern Vancouver, where canteens with food were lined up. The front of the perpetrator’s SUV has suffered serious damage.

The festival hosted nearly 100,000 people, many of whom were families with young children. Lapu Lapu was named after Chief Lapulapu, an indigenous resistance leader in the Philippines, who in 1521 led the victory over the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney cut off his election campaign to address the country on Sunday morning.

“These families live the worst nightmare of every family,” Carney said obviously. “I know all Canadians mourn with you. I know we are united with you. ”

Carney said he had been informed by national security officials, who believe that the perpetrator had acted on his own and that there was no threat to the public.

The incident occurred shortly after 8 pm local time. A photo posted on X (former twitter) half an hour before showing a busy road full of young people touring the benches.

A video published online show a black SUV with a damaged bonnet parked on the street, while rescuers offered first aid to people lying on the ground.

A witness said he saw a vehicle moving dangerously near the festival shortly before the crowd hit. The Vancouver Sun newspaper said thousands of people were in the area.

“I didn’t get to see the driver, I only heard the engine turn turns,” Joseb Vardeh said. “I got out of the canteen, looked down on the street and saw only bodies everywhere. He crossed the whole square, headed straight into the crowd. “

Chris Pangilian, a Toronto journalist attending the festival, told the CBC that “the driver sharply pressed the throttle and hit hundreds of people. It was like seeing a bowling ball beating rings flying everywhere. “

“It was like a war zone … bodies everywhere on the ground,” he added.

Attendees managed to catch the suspect until the police arrived.