Massacre Canada | Canadian police search for suspect in massacre on Indian reservation

09/06/2022 at 21:37

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It asks the inhabitants to lock themselves in their homes and not open the door to strangers

The Canadian Police are investigating the possible presence of Myles Sanderson, one of the two alleged perpetrators of the death of ten people in northwestern Canada, in the James Smith Cree Nation Indian Reservation.

The Police asked the inhabitants of the indigenous reserve, made up of three communities and where some 1,000 people live, lock themselves in their homes and do not open the door to strangers.

The Canadian public broadcaster, CBC, reported that residents of the James Smith Cree Nation, located about 320 kilometers north of the city of Regina, capital of the province of Saskatchewan, they would have seen Myles Sanderson on the Indian reservation.

Police consider Myles Sanderson, 30, and his brother Damien Sanderson, 31, perpetrators of the multiple stabbing that killed 10 people and injured 18 others on Sunday in James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby town of Weldon. .

Authorities have not disclosed a possible motive for the attacks.although an indigenous leader from Saskatchewan linked the wave of violence to drug use.

On Monday, security forces located the body of Damien Sanderson in the James Smith Cree Nation. The police stated that he had died from injuries caused by another person.

On Tuesday, authorities said they were investigating if Damien Sanderson was murdered by his brotherwho was thought to have taken refuge in the city of Regina.

Myles Sanderson had been wanted since May of this year for failing to meet the rules of his parole. The fugitive had been sentenced to five years in prison for assault, robbery, malicious conduct and threats, but after being paroled, he disappeared.

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