Ten people have been killed and at least 15 others injured after stabbings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The attacks occurred at multiple locations, with police investigating 13 crime scenes, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan said.
Officers are looking for two suspects, Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, who are believed to be traveling in a black Nissan Rogue.
Some of the victims appeared to have been targeted, while others were randomly attacked, police said, adding there may be more injured victims who transported themselves to different hospitals.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the incident as “horrible and heartbreaking” while the province’s prime minister, Scott Moe, wrote on Twitter that he had no words to “fully describe the pain and loss caused by the violence.” this nonsense caused”.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said the patients were being treated at several locations.
Spokeswoman Anne Linemann said: “An additional call to staff has been put in place to respond to the number of casualties.
Mark Oddan, a spokesman for the ambulance service, said two helicopters were dispatched from nearby Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and another from Regina, following the crash into the James Smith Cree Nation’s indigenous community. and in the nearby village of Weldon.
Rhonda Blackmore of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan said there were “multiple victims in multiple locations”
The public has been warned to take “appropriate precautions”.
“Do not leave a safe location. Be cautious when allowing others to enter your residence. Do not approach suspicious people. Do not pick up hitchhikers,” police said.
The search area was crowded as fans flocked to nearby Regina to watch the Canadian Football League game over the sold-out bank holiday.
One of the teams scheduled to play, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, said additional security and law enforcement officers had been deployed to the game’s venue, Mosaic Stadium.
The Regina Police Department said that with Mounties’ help, it is working on multiple fronts to capture the suspects and has “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the battle. football”.
The attacks are sure to reverberate throughout Canada, which is not used to the mass violence commonly seen on America’s southern border.
