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NORTH VANCOUVER, Canada (Reuters) – One person is dead and several others were injured in a stabbing at a public library in an affluent Vancouver suburb on Saturday, and a suspect, apparently acting alone, was taken into custody.
Canada’s Global News reported one death, citing homicide police, which was not immediately available to confirm. No details were provided.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said “multiple victims” had been stabbed inside and outside the North Vancouver Library and one suspect was in custody.
It “appears this was a lone suspect,” the RCMP said on Twitter, adding that it was still looking for “potential additional victims.”
Amy Robertson of BC Emergency Health Services said six people have been taken to hospital and could not release details of their condition, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) previously reported.
“We drove up … and there was a woman next to her car with a 7 year old boy, multiple stab wounds and bleeding profusely … She said it was a random stabbing running down the street,” a witness who gave his name as Steve told Canada’s Global News.
North Vancouver is a mostly quiet and affluent suburb of about 85,000 people on the north side of Burrard Inlet, Vancouver’s main port. In 2019, North Vancouver was ranked 10th on Maclean’s magazine list of the richest Canadian communities with an average net worth of nearly C $ 2 million.
Two bridges and a pedestrian ferry connect North Vancouver to the city of Vancouver. North Vancouver is also a popular destination for hiking and skiing, with part of the North Shore mountain range within its boundaries.
Reporting by Steve Scherer; Edited by Daniel Wallis and Cynthia Osterman