TORONTO (AP) — A professor and two students were stabbed Wednesday during a class on gender issues at a university in the Canadian city of Waterloo and a suspect was arrested, police said.
The wounds are not life-threatening, police said, adding that the motive for the attack on the University of Waterloo was not immediately clear. The suspect was questioned by investigators.
“At this time there is no other threat to public safety, either on campus or outside of the broader community,” Waterloo Regional Police Service Supt. Shaena Morris told a news conference.
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Nick Manning, associate vice president for communications at the University of Waterloo, identified the suspect as a member of the “university community” but declined to confirm that the individual was a student. He said two students and a professor were stabbed.
Manning said the stabbing happened in Philosophy 202, which, according to the university’s website, focuses on “gender issues.”
“Our entire community is really concerned that something like this could happen here. “It’s a big shock,” Manning told reporters.
Yusuf Kaymak, a student at the University of Waterloo, told CTV News the attack happened at a gender studies class.
“The guy came in and asked the teacher if he was the professor, he said ‘yes,’ then he pulled out a knife and after that everyone just ran out,” Kaymak told CTV.
“I ran out and as we were walking outside a kid was stabbed. He was bleeding from his arm. I don’t know what happened to the professor,” he said.
Kaymak said there were about 40 students in the class at the time.
Classes scheduled for Wednesday evening at Hagey Hall, where the attack took place, have been canceled but all other campus operations are continuing as normal, the university said in a tweet.
“Our first thoughts, of course, go to the students who are in the class and immediately took action to secure and assist the police investigation,” Manning said.