Ex-University of Waterloo student sentenced to 11 years in prison for classroom stabbings

Ontario court rules UWaterloo stabbing was an LGBTQ+ hate crime, but not terrorism

Geovanny Villalba-Aleman's attack on his UWaterloo professor and two others in 2023 was not terrorism, a judge ruled, but was a hate crime.

Court finds UWaterloo stabbing was a hate crime, not terrorism in sentencing attacker

A mass stabbing at a University of Waterloo gender studies class was not a terrorist attack but a “particularly grave” hate crime meant to make people feel unsafe in those spaces, an Ontario judge ruled Monday in sentencing the attacker to 11 years i

Ex-University of Waterloo, Ont., student sentenced to 11 years in prison for gender-studies class stabbings

A former University of Waterloo, Ont., student who pleaded guilty to stabbing several people in a gender-studies class in 2023 was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison. The judge said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman's actions were a "particularly grave hate crime," while the instructor wounded in the attack said "work to cultivate inclusive spaces of belonging continues."

Judge clears University of Waterloo stabber of terrorism charge

Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, who admitted to stabbing three people at the University of Waterloo in 2023, will not be convicted on a terrorism charge.

Ontario court finds stabbing at University of Waterloo wasn’t terrorism but was hate crime

A judge says hatred was ‘the primary motivation’ for the June, 2023, stabbing that left a professor and two students with stab wounds

University of Waterloo stabbing was hate crime, not terrorism: judge

An Ontario court has found that an attack at a University of Waterloo gender studies class nearly two years ago was not terrorism but constituted a “particularly grave” hate crime.