Authorities identified Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson, who are currently at large, as suspects in a series of stabbings in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that left multiple people dead and others injured.
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Authorities identified Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson, who are currently at large, as suspects in a series of stabbings in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that left multiple people dead and others injured.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP
At least 10 people are dead and 15 injured after a series of stabbings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, authorities said Sunday.
Police are looking for two male suspects.
The stabbings took place in 13 locations in James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, Rhonda Blackmore of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told reporters.
Fifteen people were taken to hospitals and other people may have been transported to hospitals, she said.
“What happened today in our province is terrible,” she added. Police first received a call about a stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation at 5:40 a.m. Police received more calls reporting more stabbings in the following minutes.
police identified the suspects as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30. They were believed to be traveling in a black Nissan Rogue SUV, license plate no. 119MPI, but could have switched vehicles. The vehicle was last seen in Regina, the provincial capital, at 11:45 a.m.
“They are considered armed and dangerous,” Blackmore said. She asked them to surrender.
Police believe that some of the victims were targeted by the suspects and that others were attacked at random.
On Sunday evening, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the attacks “horrific and heartbreaking. I am thinking of those who have lost a loved one and those who were injured,” he said on Twitter. He said federal authorities are monitoring the situation.
