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Calgary stabbing victims to be remembered at U of C

The University of Calgary is planning a memorial next Wednesday for the five victims of the Brentwood stabbings.

3 of the young people killed were students at University of Calgary

From left: Zackariah Rathwell, Lawrence Hong, Kaitlin Perras, Jordan Segura and Joshua Hunter were stabbed to death April 15 while celebrating the end of post-secondary classes. Their lives are being celebrated at an event at the UofC on Wednesday. (Photos from Facebook)

The University of Calgary is planning a memorial gathering next Wednesday for the five victims ofthe Brentwood stabbings.

A celebration of life will be held at the Jack Simpson Gym at 3 p.m. MT for Lawrence Hong, Kaitlin Perras, Jordan Segura, Joshua Hunter and Zackariah Rathwell.

The five victims ranged in age from 21 to 27 and three of them Hunter, Hong and Segurastudied at the University of Calgary.

Perrasand Rathwell studied at Mount Royal University and the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) respectively.

All five died April 15 at an end-of-year gathering in northwest Calgary. The killings have been calledCalgary's worst mass murder by police.

Matthew de Grood, 22, is charged with five counts of first-degree murder in their deaths and has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is fit to stand trial.

More details are expected to be released next week.