Three scenes in central Edmonton remained roped off with lines of fluttering police tape on Sunday morning after a string of violent incidents that sent a police officer and four people to hospital with undisclosed injuries, in what officials now say was a terrorist attack.
Police have said a 30-year-old man is in custody, and appears to have acted alone.
“The horrific events last night in downtown Edmonton have left us shocked and angry,” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said in a news conference on Sunday morning. “It’s left us shocked at the indiscriminate cruelty and angry that someone might target their hatred at places where we gather with our families and friends.”
The incident began around 8:15 p.m. when a white Chevy Malibu plowed through a barricade into a police officer directing traffic near Commonwealth Stadium, where the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were playing the Eskimos. It was Military Appreciation Night, so free tickets had been given to service members, and there were flyovers by fighter jets before kickoff.
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