Vancouver stabbing suspect testifies he was compelled by God to ‘hurt somebody’ the day he went to Chinatown

The man accused of stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival in 2023 while on leave from a psychiatric hospital has testified that he felt compelled by God to carry out the attack.

Blair Donnelly, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault at his trial by judge alone at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, said Tuesday that when he bought a chisel to carry out the attack he had no particular plan to target Chinese people.