Nine killed as car crashes into crowds at Vancouver street festival [Video]

VANCOUVER, BC — Vancouver police have ruled out terrorism in a car ramming attack that killed 11 people at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, saying the suspect has a history of mental health issues.

“We have had substantive contact with him over mental health issues,” Vancouver Police Interim Chief Steve Rai told a news conference.

The statement comes hours after a man drove a vehicle into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring more than 20 others, in what authorities described as a car ramming attack that shook the country ahead of federal elections.

The vehicle entered the street at 8:14 p.m. Saturday and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social …