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Al Jazeera Staff

Canada: Coroner launching inquests into stabbing spree deaths

Flowers stand outside a house that was investigated by police after a stabbing spree on James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, Saskatchewan, September 5, 2022 [File: David Stobbe/Reuters]

The chief coroner in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has announced plans to hold two public inquests into a stabbing spree earlier this month that left 12 people dead, including the alleged attacker, and injured over a dozen others.

During a news conference on Wednesday, Clive Weighill of the Saskatchewan Coroners Service said an inquest would be held into the deaths of 11 people who were killed on James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on September 4.

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