Vancouver attack: what is the Lapu Lapu Day festival? | Canada
Thousands gathered in Vancouver this weekend to mark a Lapu Lapu Day. Lapu Day celebrated the Filipino national heroes who fought against Spanish colonization. Datu Lapu-Lapu, the chief of Mactan, now part of the central Visayas region of the Philippines, defeated the Spanish army led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Though the main […]
Vancouver street festival: multiple casualties as car is driven into crowds at Lapu Lapu celebrations – latest updates | Canada
Police investigating “massive casualty incident” after several people were killed in a car driven by a Canadian crowd Several people died when a driver ploughed a car into a crowd at a street festival in a Canadian city on Saturday Vancouversaid local police. Vancouver police say they are investigating a “major casualty case” and a […]