WATERLOO, Ont. — Waterloo Regional Police are investigating the motive behind a stabbing at the University of Waterloo that sent three people to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The university says the stabbing occurred in Philosophy 202, which, according to the school website, focuses on "gender issues," and the injured included two students and a professor.
A witness told the University of Waterloo student newspaper Imprint that a man entered a classroom where a class was in session and asked the professor what was being taught. Jinming Li told the newspaper that the man pulled two knives out of a backpack and attacked the professor. Students rushed to leave through a door at the back of the classroom.
The suspect, identified as a member of "the university community," was taken into police custody.
There was increased security presence on campus in the hours following the afternoon attack but the situation returned to normal later in the evening, although classes where the attack took place were cancelled.
Police say there is no further threat to public safety either on campus or outside in the broader community.
The university says there isn't typically a heavy security presence on campus, but it will review its "emergency notifications systems."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 29, 2023.
