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Nine people have been killed and 16 injured after a man drove a van into pedestrians in Toronto, police said.
The driver fled the scene of the incident, at a busy intersection in the north of the Canadian city, but was arrested several blocks away, BBC reports.
The arrest followed a tense standoff with officers on the street.
Bystander videos appeared to show the driver pointing an object at the officers, who can be heard shouting at him to get down.
The man was then detained without any shots being fired.
Toronto Deputy Chief Peter Yuen said police were investigating the driver and asked for witnesses to come forward. It was not immediately clear if it was a deliberate attack.
Reza Hashemi, who owns a video shop on Yonge Street, told the BBC he heard screaming on the other side of the road.
He said the driver appeared to mount the…
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