Flowers still being added to Lynn Valley memorial as community tries to reclaim site of stabbings

A month after seven peoplewere stabbed in and around the Lynn Valleypublic library in North Vancouver, B.C., fresh flowers are still being added to a memorial site honouring the victims.

"I don't think you ever forget," said Paula Webber, a nearby resident and frequent visitor of the plaza.

"Itis at the back of your mind."

Another nearby resident, Arsham Farasat,told CBCNews there hasbeen a communal effort to reclaim the space in recent weeksand bringback some of the positiveatmosphere that made it so loved by the community, while still honouring those affected.

"Instead of submitting to the anger and the aggression of the attackand the really dark side of that, to really bring the love and joy back into this place," he said.

Farasatlives one street away and was headed to theplaza that Saturday afternoon when a friend's text message about the attack stopped him in his tracks.

"It does cross my mind every now and again if it was just an hour earlier, then I could have been here."

The District of North Vancouver has set up an online memorialnamed Lynn Valley Remembersso people across the country cancontinue to show their support.

Yannick Bandaogo, 28, was arrested at the scene and is accused ofkilling a woman in her late 20sin the attack. Hehas been charged with second-degree murder.

Sixother people, ranging in age from 22 to 78, received various injuries.

Investigators have said there is no evidence linking Bandaogo, who is from Quebec, to any of the victims and that he seems to have had little connection to North Vancouver or the Lynn Valley area.

WATCH | Excerpt from social media video shows what appears to be arrest of suspect:

Police arrest suspect after multiple stabbings in North Vancouver, B.C.

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Police apprehended a man in his 20s near a library and mall where people were stabbed Saturday afternoon.