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North Van stabbing suspect charged with 5 counts of attempted murder in March attack

BY , Sep 22, 2021 7:22 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial outside of the Lynn Valley Library in North Vancouver, B.C., on March 28, 2021. Homicide investigators say more charges have been laid against the suspect in a stabbing that killed one woman and injured six other people in North Vancouver in March. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Homicide investigators say more charges have been laid against the suspect in a stabbing attack that killed one woman and injured six other people in North Vancouver in March.

A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault have been laid against Yannick Bandaogo.

A woman in her 20s was stabbed and killed near the Lynn Valley library branch on March 27.

Six other people, ranging in age from 22 to 78, were also hurt.

A charge of second-degree murder was laid within days of the attack.

Court documents show Bandaogo is scheduled to return to provincial court in North Vancouver on Oct. 7.

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