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“As you can appreciate, we’re still in the early stages of our investigation. We continue to investigate the potential motive behind the incident, as well as the suspect’s background and history in British Columbia,” Tansey said. “We can establish that the accused was unknown and did not have any links to any of the victims based on our information so far. The accused does have links to Quebec and we’re still trying to determine what brought him to the West Coast.”
She said there is no suggestion that Bandaogo was radicalized or was targeting women, despite the fact six of the seven victims were female.
“We understand that there will be questions about the suspect and the desire to understand the motive behind this senseless act. But we are still in the early stages, and we may not be able to provide you answers at this time … I assure you it is far from over. I realize that this is a profound and tragic incident that has deeply affected a great many people especially the members of the Lynn Valley community. Please know that IHIT is committed to completing a full and complete investigation, leaving no stone unturned.”
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https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...s-shes-shocked
The rest of the article does the basic "he was a good kid" and "nobody could have seen this coming" which honestly really annoys me that every time someone kills/injures a bunch of people we automatically try to humanize them and make them an empathetic figure, instead of focusing on the victims. But some of the quotes do paint a picture of someone depressed and struggling to get by, though no indication why he left Quebec for Vancouver.
Doesn't seem to be any hint this was an act of terrorism, though obviously not ruled out entirely. Though perhaps these detectives are just really bad at their job. He wore a ski mask at least once, after all.