Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, an international student from Ecuador and recent graduate of the University of Waterloo, pleaded guilty to four assault-related charges nearly a year after a terrifying attack on campus.
A professor and two students were stabbed in the middle of a gender studies class.
Details, including audio of the attack and video of Villalba-Aleman’s abrupt confession in the aftermath, were revealed during the court proceedings that followed.
In the agreed statement of facts, court heard Villalba-Aleman stabbed the professor in the face and arm, a student in the back and another student in the arm and hand. He also attempted to stab a third student, who got away.
The entire attack lasted about two minutes.
“Someone’s stabbing us!” one person could be heard yelling on the recording that was played in court. “Please call 911!”
A patient is taken to hospital by paramedics after a triple stabbing at the University of Waterloo on June 28, 2023.
Police body camera footage also showed how Villalba-Aleman initially pretended to be a victim of …