Canada: 10 dead, 15 hospitalized in mass stabbing attacks
New Delhi: Canadian police on Sunday said they were on the hunt for two suspects believed to have killed ten people and injured at least 15 others in stabbings in the Saskatchewan province.
Police named Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson as the two suspects and said they were last seen traveling in a black Nissan Rogue. The stabbings occurred in 13 separate locations throughout James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon.
Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random. She couldn’t provide a motive.
“It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” Blackmore said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted, “The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured.”
Blackmore said police began receiving reports before 6 a.m. of stabbings in 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.
(Vinayak)
