The suspect was initially chased down and held by festival-goers until police arrived, witnesses said.

A driver plowed through a crowd at a street festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver late Saturday night, killing at least 11 people, police said.

Murder charges were filed Sunday against a suspect in a weekend car ramming attack that killed 11 people between the ages of 5 and 65 at a Filipino heritage festival in the city of Vancouver, a tragedy that shook Canada on the eve of a federal election.