Ten people have been killed and 15 more injured in a mass stabbing at an Indigenous community and several other nearby towns in Saskatchewan, Canada. Police have launched a manhunt for suspected knifemen Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, after "multiple" victims were attacked in James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon yesterday morning (September 4).
Police have urged residents who live in the surrounding area of Regina, the provincial capital, to remain indoors and stay vigilant, the Mirror reports. Rhonda Blackmore, the assistant commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said that some of the victims appear to have been targeted while others were attacked at random.
Speaking at a press conference broadcast by CTV news, she stated: "At 5.40 this morning Saskatchewan divisional communications centre received a call reporting a stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation. In the following minutes, we received multiple calls reporting multiple stabbings within the community.
