REGINA: A series of stabbings at an indigenous community and at another town nearby in Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said as they searched across expansive province for two suspects. Stabbings took place in multiple locations on James Smith Cree Nation and in village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said. Rhonda Blackmore, Assistant Commissioner of RCMP Saskatchewan said some of victims appear to have been targeted by suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random. She couldn’t provide a motive.

“It is horrific what has occurred in our province,” Blackmore said, adding there were 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found. More reports of attacks quickly followed and by midday police issued a warning that a vehicle reportedly carrying two suspects had been spotted in Regina, about 335 kilometers south of communities where stabbings occurred. Police said last information they had from public was that suspects were sighted there around lunchtime. There have been no sightings since.–Agencies

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 06 2022

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