A "number of people" have been killed and "multiple others" injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a festival in Vancouver, police say. Posting on X, Vancouver Police say the incident took place at 20:00 local time (04:00 BST) in the Canadian city. The driver is in custody, the statement adds.

At least nine people were killed when a man drove into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, and an unknown number were injured, police said Sunday.

A driver plowed a car into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing at least nine people and injuring others.