Yannick Bandaogo

• North Vancouver library stabbing: Killer gets life behind bars, no parole for 15 years

  Yannick Bandaogo pleaded guilty this year to second-degree murder and other charges in the March 2021 attack at the Lynn Valley Library in North Vancouver.

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  Aug 31, 2023
  
• B.C. library stabbing: Killer’s apology cites ‘enormous’ drug use, but silent on motive

  Lynn Valley library killer Yannick Bandaogo said he felt incapable of asking for help and unable to change his fate as his physical and mental health deteriorated.

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  Jul 7, 2023
  
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• Victim’s mother-in-law calls killer ‘monster’ at North Vancouver stabbing sentencing

  The mother-in-law of a woman killed in a mass stabbing at a North Vancouver library two years ago told a sentencing hearing that her attacker is a "monster."

  Jul 6, 2023
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• Victims confront killer who upended their lives in North Vancouver library stabbing

  In May, Yannick Bandaogo pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, five charges of attempted murder and one charge of aggravated assault in connection with the incident.

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  Jul 5, 2023
• Suspect in Lynn Valley library stabbings pleads guilty to all charges

  A man who stabbed numerous people in and around the Lynn Valley Library in North Vancouver two years ago has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges.

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  May 29, 2023
• Suspect in Lynn Valley Library stabbing faces more charges of attempted murder

  Yannick Bandaogo, 28, had already been charged with second-degree murder after six people were stabbed and a woman died from her injuries in the March 27 attack.

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  Sep 22, 2021
• Suspect in North Vancouver stabbings appears in court Thursday

  The court appearance comes a day after The Lynn Valley Library re-opened to the public.

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  Apr 1, 2021
• North Vancouver stabbings: police expected to give update after 1 dead, 6 injured

  Police are expected to release more details in their investigation of a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others injured in North Vancouver, B.C.

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  Mar 29, 2021