Highlights
- 10 people were killed in a series of stabbing attacks in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
- The suspects have been identified as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson.
- The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon.
Canada stabbing: In a shocking incident, at least 10 people were killed and 15 were left injured, in a series of stabbing attacks in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Sunday. The suspects have been identified as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, and police are searching for them. The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said.
Some of the victims weren't attacked by the suspects but appeared to have been targeted randomly. Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan couldn't provide a motive behind the attack. “It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” she said.
She said there are 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found. She urged the suspects to turn themselves in. Police began receiving reports before 6 a.m. of stabbings on the First Nation community. More reports of attacks quickly followed and by midday police issued a warning that a vehicle reportedly carrying the two suspects had been spotted in Regina.
Police said the last information they had from the public was that the suspects were sighted there around lunchtime. There have been no sightings since.
“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitch hikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help. But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
“He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it,” she said. “He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it.” She said the man was by himself and “kind of a little wobbly."
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended in Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
(With inputs from AP)
