Dar es Salaam, April 27 -- CANADA: SEVERAL people have been killed and multiple others were injured in Vancouver after a vehicle drovr into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in the western Canadian city, police say.

Police said the incident happened shortly after 8pm on Saturday (03:00 GMT Sunday) in the citys Sunset on Fraser neighbourhood, and that the driver, a 30-year-old man, had been taken into custody.

Footage shared on social media captured the chaotic aftermath, showing bodies lying on the road as first responders and bystanders tried to help the injured.

Victims were rushed to multiple local hospitals, where staff had been warned to expect mass casualty arrivals. At the time of the attack, thousands of people were in the ...