Shock and grief rippled through Canada’s Filipino community on Sunday as members struggled to come to grips with an attack at a cultural street festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people and injured dozens more.
Filipino BC community organizer RJ Aquino told a news briefing Sunday he’s feeling numb, sad and angry after an SUV rammed the crowd in the waning moments of the Lapu Lapu Day block party on Saturday night.
“Last night was extremely difficult, and the community, we’ll feel this for a long time,” Aquino said Sunday.
“There are a lot of questions floating about and we don’t have all the answers, but we want to tell everybody that we’re grieving,” Aquino said, adding the focus needs to be on providing support to victims….