Ten people died and at least 15 were injured Sunday after being stabbed in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, said police authorities, who are looking for the suspects.
“We have located 10 people dead at 13 locations in the central Saskatchewan communities of the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon,” Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said.
According to the official, several more people were injured, 15 of whom had to be transferred to different hospitals.
Regina Police said in a statement that, with the support of the RCMP, it was working on multiple fronts to locate and apprehend suspects and had “mobilized additional resources for public safety throughout the city.”
The Saskatchewan Health Authority, quoted by the Associated Press, said multiple victims were being treated at different locations.
“A request for additional staff has been issued to respond to the influx of victims,” said authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann.
According to Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, authorities have identified the alleged perpetrators of the attack, Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, 31 and 30, who continue to be wanted by law enforcement.
According to preliminary inquiries, some of the people were intentionally stabbed, while others were randomly attacked, and the motives of the assailants are currently unknown.
The suspects were first seen in Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, but alerts and search operations have spread to the neighboring provinces of Manitoba and Alberta, a vast region half the size of Europe.
Source: TSF
