10 dead, 15 injured in stabbings in Canada’s Saskatchewan, say police

TIL Desk/World/Ottawa/ At least 10 persons were killed and 15 injured in stabbing attacks on Sunday (local time) across Canada’s Saskatchewan Province.  Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP) has issued dangerous persons alert as the suspects are still at large. Melfort RCMP has issued a province-wide dangerous persons alert after multiple people were stabbed in the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Saskatchewan.

RCMP said in a press conference at 3:40 CT that they found 10 people deceased in 13 locations, and at least 15 people have been hospitalised. “There could be more injured,” Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP, said. “We are currently actively looking for it, dedicating maximum resources to this,” she said. RCMP said they received a report that the two suspects, identified as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, may have been travelling in the Arcola Avenue area in Regina.

Regina Police said the suspects were seen around 11:20 am. “As the suspects are at large, we have also asked for the alert to be extended to Manitoba and Alberta,” RCMP said in a news release just after noon Sunday. In an alert issued at 8:20 a.m. CT Sunday, RCMP said two male suspects are believed to be in a black Nissan Rogue with Saskatchewan licence plate 119 MPI. As the suspects may have access to a vehicle, the RCMP have expanded the alert province-wide.