Ten people have been killed and 15 others injured in stabbings in Saskatchewan, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Sunday. The assaults occurred on James Smith Cree Nation territory and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon.
Posted at 4:29 p.m.
Updated at 6:36 p.m.
“Initial information suggests that victims are being attacked at random,” said the Saskatchewan RCMP on Twitter in the early afternoon. “We believe that some victims were targeted by the suspects, and others were randomly attacked,” Saskatchewan RCMP Commander Rhonda Blackmore said at a press conference.
The suspects, Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, are still at large. Damien is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Myles is 6-foot-1 and weighs 240 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes.
“The suspects may be in a black Nissan Rogue with SK 119 MPI license plate,” RCMP tweeted. “It’s a rapidly changing situation. »
The Sandersons were reportedly spotted in the vehicle shortly before noon in Regina, the provincial capital. An RCMP alert recommends exercise caution in the area, and not approach suspects, but report their presence by dialing 911.
RCMP received a first call of a stabbing on James Smith Nation territory shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday morning, Commander Blackmore told a news conference. Numerous other calls about separate assaults followed.
An initial “dangerous people” alert was sent to residents of the nation and surrounding communities at 7:12 a.m. Other alerts followed, and their reach was extended to the entire province at 8:20 a.m. when he The suspects were confirmed to be traveling by car. The Saskatchewan RCMP has also asked its counterparts in neighboring provinces of Alberta and Manitoba to extend the alert to their territory.
More details will follow.
With The Canadian Press