Canada stabbings: Suspect not found after reported sighting

International

-DW News

Saskatchewan,
Sep
07:
Canadian
police
on
Tuesday
continued
looking
for
one
of
two
brotherssuspected
of
stabbing
10
people
in
Saskatchewan,

Canada.

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Police
also
warned
residents
over
the
possible
sighting
of
suspect
Myles
S.
around
the
James
Smith
Cree
First
Nation
reserve
and
asked
them
to
stay
home.

Authorities,
who
then
descended
with
their
guns
and
surrounded
a
home
at
the
Indigenous
reserve,
later
said
they
might
have
responded
to
a
false
alarm,
The
Associated
Press
reported.

Canada:
Police
charge
2
suspects,
still
at
large

A
massive
manhunt,
involving
hundreds
of
police
officers,
continues
for
Myles
S.
for
the
third
day
since
the
mass
stabbings
on
the
James
Smith
Cree
First
Nation
reserve
and
a
nearby
town
last
Sunday.

Police
say
there’s
a
possibility
that
Myles
S.
is
injured.

What
police
know
about
the
suspects

Canadian
police
identified
the
suspects,
Damien
S.
and
Myles
S.,
soon
after
they
received
a
call
Sunday
morning
about
the
stabbings.

Damien
S.
was
found
dead
Monday
in
a
“heavily
grassed
area”
near
the
stabbing
sites.
Police
are
investigating
whether
Myles
S.
killed
his
brother.

Though
the
motive
behind
the
stabbing
is
not
clear,
the
chief
of
the
Federation
of
Sovereign
Indigenous
Nations
suggested
the
stabbings
could
be
drug-related.

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shooting:
16
killed
in
rampage,
deadliest
in
Canadian
history

What
happened
in
the
attacks?

Police
were
called
to
the
James
Smith
Cree
Nation
over
a
stabbing
Sunday
at
5:40
am
and
soon
heard
about
several
others.

The
killing
spree
left
ten
dead
and
18
injured,
with
victims
found
at
13
different
locations
on
the
sparsely
populated
reserve
and
nearby
Weldon
town.

Prime
Minister
Justin
Trudeau
called
the
attacks
“shocking
and
heartbreaking.”

The
elected
leaders
of
the
three
communities
that
make
up
the
James
Smith
Cree
Nation
declared
a
local
state
of
emergency.

Source: DW