Police in Waterloo are investigating what led to a stabbing at the city’s main university that sent three people to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The incident at the University of Waterloo has shaken the school community, and has left many seeking answers. Police say that a 24-year-old international student was taken into custody in what investigators are describing as a hate-motivated crime.
Here’s what we know so far. Waterloo police chief Mark Crowell provided a timeline for the stabbing incident on Thursday afternoon.
He told reporters that the suspect had entered into the classroom before he spoke with the professor to confirm that it was a class on gender identity. “The accused was not a member of the class but spoke with the professor in the classroom before attacking her with two large knives without provocation,” Crowell alleged.