Lapu Lapu Day Performers Speak Out After 11 People Killed By Driver Plowing Into Crowd

Eleven people died and 20 more were injured on Saturday after a someone drove an SUV through a crowd at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day Block Party. The incident occurred around 8 p.m., after Black Eyed Peas’ Apl.de.Ap had finished his headlining DJ set and organizers were beginning to take down equipment. The festival, celebrating Filipino-Canadian culture and named after the revolutionary Indigenous leader, drew a crowd of up to 100,000 at its peak time, with hundreds of attendees still present when the tragedy happened.