Canadian police launch urgent hunt for two men suspected of stabbing 10 people dead and injuring another 15 in 'random' string of attacks on the James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan
- A total of 10 people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the stabbings in Indigenous community
- The suspects were identified as 31-year-old Damien Sanderson and 30-year-old Myles Sanderson
- Damien and Myles are believed to have stabbed 25 people in the indigenous reserve of James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, northeast of the city of Saskatoon, southern Canada
- Some of victims appear to have been targeted but others appear to have been attacked at random
- The two armed suspects are still on the run and have not been found, police confirmed
A manhunt is underway after two men allegedly stabbed 10 people to death and injured 15 others in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in Canada in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country's history.
Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, were named as the suspects and are currently on the run following the violent stabbings, police said.
Damien and Myles are believed to have stabbed 25 people in the indigenous reserve of James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, northeast of the city of Saskatoon, southern Canada.
The chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations suggested the stabbings could be drug related as it emerged that Myles was listed as 'unlawfully at large' by police in May.
The armed suspects reportedly fled the scene in a black Nissan Rogue SUV which has since been spotted in Regina, a city about 208 miles south of the communities where the stabbings occurred, police said.
Police chief Evan Bray urged Regina residents to shelter in their homes and said on Sunday night they still believe Damien and Myles are in the city.
Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random.
Two of the 10 victims who were stabbed to death in the attack have been named locally as Lana Head, a mother of two daughters, and Wes Petterson, a 77-year-old widower.
The first stabbings were reported at 5.40am (11.40 GMT) in James Smith Cree Nation, a sparsely populated indigenous community with a population of about 3,400 people largely engaged in farming, hunting and fishing. Weldon is a village of some 200 people.
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