A woman died and five other people were injured Saturday in a quiet

Vancouver

neighborhood

in western

Canada

after being stabbed for unknown reasons by a man who was quickly detained.

Six people were hospitalized after the attack, which occurred in the early afternoon near the

Lynn Valley

Public Library

, in a fairly exclusive area of ​​North Vancouver, who was in

shock.

One of them, a woman whose identity has not been disclosed, succumbed to her injuries, police said.

The suspect is a man known to law enforcement and has a criminal record,

Vancouver Criminal Police

Sgt.

Frank Jang said

in a briefing, without providing further clarification.

Investigators believe the attacker, who has not yet been questioned, acted alone, but they say they ignore his motives.

"We believe we have the only suspect in custody," Jang said.

"We think we know who did what, where and when, our job now is to find out why," he said.

The attack, which occurred in an affluent and quiet neighborhood in the north of the city bordered by the Pacific, shocked police and witnesses.

"To say the least, it is absolutely shocking," Sergeant Jang told AFP.

"For everyone, including the police themselves."

"He was acting completely random."

"It's shocking," agreed

Justin Prasad

, who works in front of the library.

According to him, the alleged perpetrator appeared to act randomly.

"It was a bit unreal, especially since (he was acting) completely random," he added.

"After he stabbed people near the library, it was chaos, I saw him face to face with the police, then he fled, the police chased him, cornered him and pinned him to the ground," he said.

The CTV channel aired a video Saturday night showing the arrest of the suspect, who appears to stab himself in the leg before collapsing and being arrested by multiple police officers.

Sergeant Jang asked the authors of the images to pass them on to investigators instead of posting them on social media.

Another witness,

Sheila Dyson

, told CTV that she saw a man stab a woman.

According to her, there appeared to be no connection between the victims and the assault seemed to occur "by chance."

Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau

and several members of the government reacted immediately on

Twitter

.

"My thoughts are with Vancouver Nord tonight," commented the head of government.

"Let all those affected by the violent incident in Lynn Valley know that Canadians are thinking of them and wish the injured a speedy recovery."

Andrew Cocking

, a businessman who lives 500 meters from the library, said the attack took place in a generally very quiet area.

"I have seen people treated by the emergency services and placed on stretchers. It was sad, especially since one of the victims appeared to be a child," he said.

"It happened very close. My father was in the library 30 minutes before the attack and he was thinking of going to get a book. It is sad that these people were in the wrong place at the wrong time," he added.

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