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Sam Levine, and agencies in Toronto

Suspect charged in hate-motivated stabbing in Canada university gender issues class

A Waterloo regional police vehicle is parked near the scene of a stabbing at the University of Waterloo.
A Waterloo regional police vehicle is parked near the scene of a stabbing at the University of Waterloo. Photograph: Nick Iwanyshyn/AP

A suspect has been charged in the stabbing of a professor and two students during a class on gender issues at Canada’s University of Waterloo in what police are calling a hate-motivated attack.

Waterloo regional police said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, an international student who had been studying at the University of Waterloo, faces three counts of aggravated assault, four counts of assault with a weapon and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

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