A Vancouver women’s advocacy group says the case of a deadly triple stabbing this month is part of a disturbing trend of gender-based violence in B.C.

On Wednesday, police in Vancouver confirmed that one of three victims, killed following stabbings in a residential building near Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue on Sept. 5, was the former spouse of the man accused in the attacks.

The VPD says 50-year-old Jinfeng Guan was the spouse of 54-year-old Viet Quy John Ly, who is in custody and facing two counts of second-degree murder.

An additional murder charge against Ly has not been laid after Guan died in the hospital last week from her injuries.

Angela Marie MacDougall of Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) is asking police to release the details of the accused’s relationship to the v

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