Canada charges man for murder after fatal stabbing at North Vancouver library


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  • Monday, 29 Mar 2021

A first responder works at a crime scene where police said multiple people were stabbed by a suspect who was later taken into custody at a public library in the Lynn Valley neighbourhood of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian authorities charged a suspect with murder in the fatal stabbing of a woman and the wounding of six others in an early afternoon attack at a library in a Vancouver suburb on Saturday, police said.

Yannick Bandaogo, 28, was charged with second-degree murder, North Vancouver's Royal Canadian Mounted Police homicide team said on Sunday.

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