Police hunt two suspects in connection with Canada stabbings that left 10 people dead

The two suspects have been named as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson. Credit: Michael Bell/The Canadian Press via AP

Canadian police are searching the province of Saskatchewan for two suspects believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history.

The two suspects, who police officials have named as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, are considered both armed and dangerous.

Authorities have also stated that an additional 15 people were injured in a series of knife attacks.

Investigators examine the ground at the scene of a stabbing in Weldon, Saskatchewan. Credit: AP

The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said.

Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the 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 today,” Blackmore said. She said there are 13 crime scenes where either dead or injured people were found. She urged the suspects to turn themselves in. Police said the last information they had from the public was that the suspects were sighted in Saskatchewan’s capital of Regina around lunchtime. There have been so sightings since.

Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore speaks while Regina Police Chief Evan Bray, left, looks on during the press conference. Credit: Michael Bell/The Canadian Press via AP

“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitch hikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter. The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended in Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Regina Police Service said that, along with assistance, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had "deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″ Damien Sanderson was described as five feet seven inches tall and 155 pounds, and Myles Sanderson as six-foot-one and 200 pounds. Both have black hair and brown eyes and may be driving a black Nissan Rogue. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.

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