Pride flags to fly in Waterloo through July in solidarity with victims of university stabbings | 24CA News
The City of Waterloo says it can proceed to fly Pride flags proper by till the tip of the month to point out help for the 2SLGBTQ+ neighborhood in wake of the latest stabbings on the University of Waterloo.
“In support of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and in solidarity against the recent attack at @UWaterloo, we will continue to fly the Pride flag until the end of July,” the town introduced on Twitter.
Last Thursday at round 3:30 p.m., a person entered a gender research class on the University of Waterloo earlier than confirming with the professor what the topic was after which pulling out two knives, in response to Waterloo police chief Mark Crowell.
He mentioned that attacker went on to stab the professor and two different college students earlier than fleeing the scene. The man then tried to mix in with others earlier than being arrested by officers primarily based on the outline of others within the classroom.
International scholar Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, 24, is dealing with plenty of costs together with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a harmful objective and mischief underneath $5,000.
Later that day, Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe issued an announcement condemning the assault on the college.
“We are with the victims, their families, the university community, the 2SLGBTQ+ community and all who have all been affected by this senseless act of hate,” she mentioned in an announcement issued Thursday.
“Let me be very clear: people of all gender identities are welcome in the City of Waterloo. You are welcome in our programs, in accessing our services, in Council chambers and all City facilities and on our staff teams.”
She went on to say, “Expressions of a discriminatory or hateful nature by any individual are not acceptable.”
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