{"id":35496,"date":"2023-06-29T07:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T07:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=35496"},"modified":"2023-06-29T07:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T07:35:27","slug":"canada-university-professor-and-2-others-stabbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/06\/29\/canada-university-professor-and-2-others-stabbed\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada University: Professor and 2 others stabbed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;A professor and two students were stabbed Wednesday during a class on&nbsp;\u201cgender issues\u201d at a university in the Canadian city of Waterloo and a suspect has been taken into custody, police said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wounds were non-life threatening, police said, adding that the motive for the attack at the University of Waterloo was not immediately clear. The suspect was being questioned by investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/06\/IMG_0760-1024x686.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/06\/IMG_0760-1024x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/06\/IMG_0760-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/06\/IMG_0760-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/06\/IMG_0760-750x502.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/06\/IMG_0760-1140x763.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/06\/IMG_0760.jpeg 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no further threat to public safety either on campus or outside in the broader community at this time,\u201d Waterloo Regional Police Service Supt. Shaena Morris said at a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick Manning, associate vice-president of communications for the University of Waterloo, identified the suspect as a member of \u201cthe university community\u201d but declined to confirm the individual is a student. He said two students and a professor were stabbed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manning said the stabbing occurred in Philosophy 202, which, according to the university website, focuses on \u201cgender issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur entire community is really concerned that this would happen here. It\u2019s a big shock,\u201d Manning told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yusuf Kaymak, a student at University of Waterloo, told CTV News the attack happened in a gender studies class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe guy basically walked in and asked the teacher if he was the professor, he said \u2018yeah\u2019 then he pulled out a knife and after that, everybody just ran out,\u201d Kaymak said to CTV.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI ran out, and after we went outside, there was a kid that was stabbed. He was bleeding (from) his arm. I don\u2019t know what happened to the professor,\u201d&nbsp;he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaymak said about 40 students were in the class at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Classes scheduled for Wednesday evening in Hagey Hall, where the attack took place, were canceled, but all other campus operations will proceed as usual, the university said in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur first thoughts, of course, go to the students who are in the class and have turned immediately to making sure in addition to supporting the police inquiry,\u201d Manning said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;A professor and two students were stabbed Wednesday during a class on&nbsp;\u201cgender issues\u201d at a university in the Canadian city of Waterloo and a suspect has been taken into custody, police said.&nbsp; The wounds were non-life threatening, police said, adding that the motive for the attack at the University of Waterloo was not immediately clear. 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