The suspect in a Canadian car-ramming attack that left 11 dead at a Filipino street party was charged with murder, police said Sunday, adding that additional charges were anticipated.
The suspect, identified as Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, of Vancouver, was charged with eight counts of second-degree murder, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
Lo, who appeared in court before returning to police custody, was alleged to have acted deliberately and had a history of mental health problems, police said.
No motive has been confirmed for the Saturday evening attack in the western city of Vancouver, though terrorism was ruled out by police.
The ramming shocked the country a day before a general election dominated by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian products and his threat to annex his northern neighbor, long a key ally and trading partner.
Police chief Steve Rai said the 30-year-old suspect drove a black Audi …