Police say university stabbing in gender issues class was motivated by hate
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Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(WATERLOO, Ontario) A former student has been charged in a hate-motivated stabbing of two other students and a university professor during a class on gender issues at the University of Waterloo in Canada, according to local police.
Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, a 24-year-old international student who recently graduated from the university, 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 and mischief under $5,000.
"WPS investigators have determined that the accused specifically targeted a gender studies class," said Chief Mark Crowell in a press conference on the investigation. "Investigators believe this was a planned and targeted attack, motivated by hate related to gender expression and gender identity."
Police were called at 3:35 p.m. to a “report of a stabbing inside a classroom at Hagey Hall" at the university, which is located appr