Suspect in 2023 University of Waterloo stabbing pleads guilty to multiple charges

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Police allege the then-24-year-old walked into a gender studies class, asked the professor for the subject of the class and then attacked her with two large knives

A man accused of stabbing a professor and two students in a University of Waterloo gender studies class carried out his attack because he believed post-secondary institutions were “forcing ideology” on people, court documents show, as he pleaded guilty to four charges in the case.The former University of Waterloo student, who was 24 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty in a Kitchener, Ont.

The statement of facts said Villalba-Aleman told police he had been planning an assault since April or May and initially tried to get a bow and arrow before realizing it would be too hard to operate and hide. The professor was stabbed in the nose and on the right bicep, causing injuries that required reconstructive surgery.

“The attack lasted approximately two minutes until the classroom was entirely vacant,” the court document said. “When the police arrived, they found a destroyed Pride flag on a desk in the classroom. Mr. Villalba-Aleman destroyed the flag. The origin and ownership of the flag is unknown.”

 

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