Canada mass stabbing: police search for two suspects after 10 killed across Saskatchewan – latest updates | Canada

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‘Horrific and heartbreaking’ Trudeau says

Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has issued a statement of support to the families of those killed in today’s attacks.

The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured,” he said in a tweet issued at 7.30pm.

We are closely monitoring the situation, and urge everyone to follow updates from local authorities. Thank you to all the brave first responders for their efforts on the ground.”

The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 4, 2022

Updated at 00.57 BSTE

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Additional staff have been called to help to victims as multiple patients are being treated at several sites, a spokesperson for the Saskatchewan Health Authority said in a statement.

A call for additional staff was issued to the influx of liability,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email to Associated Press.

Mark Oddan, a spokesman with Stars Air Ambulance, said two helicopters were dispatched from Saskatoon and another from Regina.

He said two carried patients to the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, while the third carried a patient to Royal University from a hospital in Melfort, a short distance southeast of Weldon.

Oddan said due to privacy laws, he could not disclose information about their ages, genders or conditions.

Saskatchewan premier, Scott Moe, has also issued a statement to the community, describing the attacks as “senseless violence”.

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,” Moe tweeted on Sunday evening.

I want to offer my deepest condolences on behalf of the government and people of Saskatchewan to all of the family attacks and friends of the victims of today’s horrific.”

I want to offer my deepest condolences on behalf of the government and people of Saskatchewan to all of the family attacks and friends of the victims of today’s horrific.

— Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe) September 4, 2022 ‘Horrific and heartbreaking’ Trudeau says

Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has issued a statement of support to the families of those killed in today’s attacks.

The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured,” he said in a tweet issued at 7.30pm.

We are closely monitoring the situation, and urge everyone to follow updates from local authorities. Thank you to all the brave first responders for their efforts on the ground.”

The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 4, 2022

Updated at 00.57 BSTE

Suspects still at large

The search for two suspects – Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson – is still underway as police urge residents not to approach suspicious persons.

Both were said to have black hair and brown eyes and possibly to be driving a black Nissan Rogue.

The Regina police service said in a news release that with the help of the Royal Canadian Mountain Police, 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.

Authorities identified Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson, right, who are presently at large, as suspects in a series of stabbings in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that left multiple people dead and others wounded. Photograph: AP

The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7am was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.

Police said the last information they had from the public was that the suspects were sighted in Saskatchewan’s capital of Regina around lunchtime.

If in the Regina area, take precautions and consider sheltering in place,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.

Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitchhikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations.”

Updated at 01.04 BSTE

Assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted police in Saskatchewan, Rhonda Blackmore, and Regina police chief, Evan Bray, spoke to the media earlier on Sunday.

Blackmore confirmed 10 people died and 15 others were injured in the attacks.

Assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted police in Saskatchewan, Rhonda Blackmore, and Regina police chief, Evan Bray, spoke to the media earlier on Sunday. Photograph: Michael Bell/AP

A Weldon resident, Diane Shier, said she was in her garden on Sunday morning when she noticed emergency crews a couple of blocks away.

Shier said her neighbor, a man who lived with his grandson, had been killed.

I am very upset because I lost a good neighbor,” she told the Associated Press.

She said businesses in the village of about 200 people are usually closed on Sundays, but stores in larger surrounding communities had closed as a safety precaution.

Updated at 01.04 BSTE

Authorities say they are investigating 13 crime scenes where either dead or injured people were found earlier today.

Some victims were targeted in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, north-east of Saskatoon, police said.

Rhonda Blackmore, the assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted police in Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random. She did not provide a motive.

It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” Blackmore said.

Royal Canadian Mountain police have released the images of two men in relation to a dangerous person alert and have warned the community that the two suspects remain at large.

Damien Sanderson, 31, is described as 5ft 7in and 155lb, and Myles Sanderson, 30, as 6ft 1in and 200lb.

Both were said to have black hair and brown eyes and possibly to be driving a black Nissan Rogue.

Update #5 for Dangerous Person Alert issued by Melfort RCMP: #RCMPSK received a report the suspects may traveling in the Arcola Ave area around 11:45 am in Regina, SK in a black, Nissan Rogue with SK license 119 MPI. pic.twitter.com/dYlVTmP1CL

— RCMP Saskatchewan (@RCMPSK) September 4, 2022

Updated at 00.12 BSTE

Summary and welcome

Hello, we are covering the latest news from Canada where 10 people have been killed in stabbings across Saskatchewan, according to police.

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Fifteen people have been taken to hospital after the stabbings in multiple locations in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, north-east of Saskatoon, police said.

Some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random, Rhonda Blackmore, the assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted police in Saskatchewan, said. She did not provide a motive.

Updated at 00.12 BSTE

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