Vancouver festival ramming is latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
Apr 27, 2025 | 9:46 AM
MONTREAL — A car-ramming at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver that killed at least nine people marks Canada’s fourth attack in seven years in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons.
Around the world, people fuelled by motives ranging from terrorism and far-right extremism to misogyny and mental illness have deployed the tactic increasingly in recent decades.
A San José State University study from 2018 notes that vehicles are “easily obtainable, and a ramming attack requires little preparation” or skill.
The gruesome practice has also proven devastating, yielding a high death toll in horrific fashion when crowds are gathered.
