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<p>MANILA — Some Filipino families of the Vancouver car ramming attack victims have requested to be repatriated, an official said Thursday.</p><p>&quot;Now that information [is] seeping through to the families, some of them have reached out to us, and, in fact, some of them requested repatriation,&quot; Gina Jamoralin, the Philippine consul general in Vancouver, Canada, told ANC.</p><p>Jamoralin added that they could also repatriate the remains of the victims.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/29/-beyond-comprehension-vancouver-residents-grieve-after-car-attack-that-killed-11-1030">&#x27;Beyond comprehension&#x27;: Vancouver residents grieve after car attack that killed 11</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/30/vancouver-car-ramming-incident-could-not-be-categorized-as-terrorist-attack-marcos-jr-1516">Vancouver car-ramming incident ‘could not be categorized as terrorist attack’: Marcos Jr.</a></div><p>On Saturday, a Filipino community gathered in Vancouver&#x27;s Sunset on Fraser neighborhood when an SUV hit festivalgoers, leaving 11 people dead. </p><p>At least <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkn7Gid4XZw">two Filipinos were believed to be among the fatalities</a>.</p><p>The suspect drove a black Audi SUV and had a &quot;significant history&quot; of interaction with police and mental health care professionals, police said.</p><p>The celebration called the Lapu Lapu Festival commemorates a Filipino anti-colonial leader from the 16th century.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/29/-i-kept-seeing-body-after-body-eyewitness-of-vancouver-attack-recounts-what-happened-0643">&#x27;I kept seeing body after body&#x27;: Eyewitness of Vancouver attack recounts what happened</a></div><div><strong>—with reports from Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Some Filipino families of the Vancouver car ramming attack victims have requested to be repatriated, an official said Thursday.</p>

Some Filipino families of the Vancouver car ramming attack victims have requested to be repatriated, an official said Thursday.

Some Filipino families of Vancouver car attack victims request repatriation – consul general

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Some Filipino families of Vancouver car attack victims request repatriation – consul general

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Published May 01, 2025 11:14 AM PHT

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