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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jim Morris

Hearing starts to decide the mental fitness of the suspect in Vancouver car ramming attack

Canada Car Ramming - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A court in Vancouver opened a hearing on Wednesday to determine whether a man accused of killing 11 people by ramming an SUV into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in April was mentally fit to stand trial.

Adam Kai-Ji Lo, 30, was originally charged with eight counts of second-degree murder in the tragedy that struck the Lapu Lapu Day Street festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dozens of people were also injured. Police say six of the injured remain in hospital in stable condition.

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