Ten dead, at least 15 injured in 'horrific and heartbreaking' Canada stabbing rampage. Canadian police are hunting two suspects believed to have killed 10 people and injured at least 15 others in stabbings at 13 locations in the Saskatchewan province.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a mass stabbing that left at least 10 people dead and 15 injured in Saskatchewan province on Sunday "horrific and heartbreaking."
"The
attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking," he
tweeted. "I'm thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those
who were injured."
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Officials
on Sunday local time named Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson as the
suspects. They were last seen travelling in a black Nissan Rogue and
last spotted in the city of Regina, about 320 kilometres south of the
attacks.
Police released photos and descriptions of the suspects but no further information.
"It
appears that some of the victims may have been targeted, and some may
be random. So to speak to a motive would be extremely difficult at this
point in time," Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told a news conference.
“Their location and direction of travel is unknown,” Ms Blackmore said.
“It is horrific what has occurred in our province today.”
The
stabbings were reported early in the morning, and at 8.20am local time
police issued a province-wide dangerous persons alert. By the afternoon,
similar alerts were also issued in Saskatchewan's neighbouring
provinces Alberta and Manitoba.
Ms
Blackmore said police were still in the initial stages of the
investigation, and trying to determine the relationship between the two
suspects and whether they were known to police.
"There
are no words to adequately describe the pain and loss caused by this
senseless violence. All of Saskatchewan grieves with the victims and
their families," Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on Twitter.
The
attacks happened at multiple locations, including James Smith Cree
Nation and Weldon in Saskatchewan, and there were 13 crime scenes that
police were investigating, the RCMP in Saskatchewan said.
Police said that some of the victims appeared to have been targeted by the suspects while others were attacked randomly.
There
may be additional injured victims who transported themselves to various
hospitals, police told reporters at a news conference.
A
spokesperson for the Saskatchewan Health Authority in a statement said
that the department had called for additional staff to help respond to
the situation.
