US EditionEx-University of Waterloo student sentenced to 11 years in prison for classroom stabbings
- An Ontario court ruled that the June 2023 stabbing at a University of Waterloo gender studies class was not terrorism but a "particularly grave" hate crime.
- Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, one count of assault with a weapon, and one count of assault causing bodily harm.
- The judge stated that Villalba-Aleman's hatred was the primary motivation for the attack, which resulted in stab wounds to a professor and two students.
- Prosecutors sought a 16-year sentence if the attack was deemed terrorist and a 13-year sentence if it was hate-motivated.
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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
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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."
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