Canada Stabbing: Here’s What We Know As Manhunt For Suspects Continues

Breaking Business Canada Stabbing: Here’s What We Know As Manhunt For Suspects Continues Madeline Halpert Forbes Staff Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. Got it! Sep 5, 2022, 11:53am EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Authorities in Canada are still looking for two suspects in the capital city of Saskatchewan nearly 24 hours after a stabbing spree in a nearby indigenous community left 10 people dead and at least 15 injured in one of the worst attacks in the country’s recent history. Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson have been identified as suspects in the stabbings.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Key Facts Police said they are looking for two suspects: 31-year-old Damien Sanderson and 30-year-old Myles Sanderson, who are believed to be armed and dangerous and hiding somewhere in the capital city of Regina, according to authorities. The search comes after police were notified about a stabbing attack at 5:40 a. m.

Sunday in the communities of James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, where authorities said suspects may have targeted some victims and stabbed others at random across 13 crime scenes. Police issued a civil emergency alert warning and asked residents to shelter at home as they widened the search to Saskatchewan’s capital city almost 200 miles south, where the two suspects were last spotted. Crucial Quote Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late Sunday he was “shocked and devastated by the horrific attacks,” adding “we mourn with everyone affected by this tragic violence, and with the people of Saskatchewan.

” Those responsible for the “abhorrent attacks” must be “fully brought to justice,” he said. What We Don’t Know The suspects’ motive. A statement from indigenous leaders suggested drugs may have played a role, with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, a group representing 74 First Nations in the province, saying the attacks are “the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities,” according to Reuters .

Authorities are investigating the relationship between the two suspects and whether they were already known to police. Surprising Fact The attack was one of the deadliest in Canada since a Nova Scotia mass shooting in 2020 that left 22 people dead. The country quickly moved to tighten gun control laws after the massacre.

Key Background The two suspects may have gone door-to-door to carry out the attack in the extremely remote location, according to the BBC, citing a local journalist on the scene. Multiple people were flown by helicopter to the province’s main hospital after the attack. James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon are located in central Saskatchewan.

Some 2,000 people live on the James Smith Cree Nation reserve, while Weldon has a population of roughly 200 people. The killings come after Canada has faced a reckoning over abuses toward indigenous people, including after mass graves containing the remains of more than 1,000 people, most of whom were children, were found in 2021 at three former residential schools indigenous children were forced to attend. Indigenous people comprise roughly 5% of Canada’s total population, but are twice as likely as non-indigenous Canadians to fall victim to violence, according to the Canadian government.

Further Reading Live Updates: Canadian Police Expand Search for 2 Men After Deadly Knife Attacks (New York Times) Manhunt underway for 2 suspects in connection with a mass stabbing that left at least 10 dead in Saskatchewan, Canada (CNN) At least 10 dead, 15 injured in Saskatchewan stabbings; 2 suspects at large (Washington Post) Check out my website . Send me a secure tip . Madeline Halpert Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.