Ten people died and several were injured after being stabbed at two remote locations in Canada on Sunday. Police launched a search in three counties for the two suspects already identified as possible perpetrators of the attacks – identified as Damien Sanderson (31 years old) and Myles Sanderson (30 years old).
“We found 10 dead individuals at 13 sites in the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon community, Saskatchewan,” Rhonda Blackmore, the commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, added that “several other victims were injured, 15 of whom were transported to different hospitals”.
Police work was complicated by the arrival of thousands of supporters to the Saskatchewan capital for the annual Labor Day game between two Canadian soccer teams, the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
That’s why the Regina police asked for additional security reinforcements throughout the city, including in the area around the Mosaic Stadium. [local da partida]. Also because the Saskatchewan Health Authority, quoted by the Associated Press, said the number of victims could increase as several people made their way to the hospital on their own.
Despite the same surname, the police had not yet been able to determine the degree of kinship between the suspects. The motives behind the attacks are also not yet known, so police called on all residents of Saskatchewan to “stay vigilant”.
The stabbing suspects were first spotted in Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, but alerts and searches have expanded to neighboring provinces of Manitoba and Alberta, a vast region half the size of Europe.
Indigenous leader says drugs may have led to stabbings in Canada
According to preliminary investigations, some people were deliberately stabbed while others were attacked indiscriminately, and the motives of the attackers are unknown for now.
The leader of Canada’s Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said the stabbings could be drug-related.
“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities,” said Chief Bobby Cameron.
“We demand that all authorities follow the lead of the Chiefs and Councils and their members to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” the leader of the indigenous federation said.
James Smith Cree officials declared a state of emergency and created two emergency surgery centers to “provide health support to the three communities” on the reservation.
Calvin Sanderson, head of the Chakastaypasin community, which is part of James Smith Cree, said the entire community was affected by the stabbings. “It was our relatives (…) it’s pretty awful,” he noted.
The attacks are “horrifying and disturbing,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. on the social network Twitter.
Read my full statement on the Saskatchewan attacks: https://t.co/YEYHR6utxo
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 5, 2022
with Lusa
News updated at 07:12 on September 5
Source: DN
