A man is in custody and an Islamic State has been seized from a truck he was driving after five people, including a police officer, were injured in an apparent attempt to drive the vehicle into crowds at a football game in Edmonton. The U-Haul truck struck people as it sped down Jasper Avenue, Edmonton police chief Rod Knetch told Canadian Press. The suspect is in custody and appears to have acted alone and no one appears to have been seriously hurt. An Islamic State flag that was inside the suspect’s vehicle had been seized and was part of the investigation, which now involves the local RCMP-led Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, a counter-terrorism unit. This all happened in the early evening near Commonwealth Stadium, where a police officer was handling traffic-control duties outside the Edmonton Eskimos-Blue Bombers game. The game was military appreciation night.
