‘Violence is not good’: UW stabber apologizes at end of sentencing hearing [Video]

Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, the man who stabbed three people in a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo, says he ‘acted dumb’.

Villalba-Aleman pled guilty to four charges, including aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, for the 2023 attack that injured a professor and two students. At the time he was a 24-year-old international student who had recently graduated from UW.

On Friday afternoon, at the end of his sentencing hearing, Villalba-Aleman addressed the courtroom.

“I just want to make verbal apology to anyone affected. Violence is not good for any reason,” he stood and said. “”Even though people may not believe in my apology … I acted dumb.”

Villalba Aleman spoke for a few minutes in court. It was his first time speaking during his legal saga, aside from a few words.

“I admit violence is not good,” he added.

Reaction was limited in the Kitchener courthouse where at least one of his victims was in …