2021 North Vancouver stabbing

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2021 North Vancouver stabbing attack
Location Lynn Valley Library, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DateMarch 27, 2021 (2021-03-27)
Attack type
Mass stabbing
Deaths1
Injured6
PerpetratorYannick Bandaogo
MotiveUnder investigation [1]

On March 27, 2021, one person was killed and six others were injured in a mass stabbing at the Lynn Valley Library in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A man named Yannick Bandaogo was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. [1] [2] [3] [4] In September 2021, he was additionally charged with one count of aggravated assault and five counts of attempted murder. [5] [6] Bandaogo did not know any of his victims. On May 29, 2023, he pleaded guilty to all of the charges. [7] On August 31, 2023, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 15 years. [8]

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