Two brothers spread terror in two small towns in west-central Canada on Sunday, stabbing to death 11 people and injuring 19 others.
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Despite the discovery of the body of one of the two suspects on Monday, many gray areas persist regarding this attack, one of the deadliest in recent years in Canada.
At 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, police responded to a first emergency call from James Smith Cree Nation, a small, isolated community of 3,400 people, home to an Indigenous population, in the province of Saskatchewan, in the central west. from Canada.
Several other emergency calls followed in the morning and a few hours later the police announced that attacks left 10 dead and 18 injured in this Aboriginal community and in the neighboring town of Weldon. According to the police, there are 13 crime scenes.
As of Sunday, the police released the names of the suspects: Myles Sanderson, 30, and Damien Sanderson, 31. Immediately a manhunt started, particularly around Regina, the provincial capital 300 kilometers from the scene of the crime where they were allegedly seen. Hundreds of police are deployed.
But at the end of the day on Monday, the police announced that they had finally found the body of Damien Sanderson, larded with several stab wounds, near one of the houses where the attacks took place.
“We cannot say for sure how Damian died, but he may have been killed by his brother,” she added.
Myles Sanderson, possibly also injured according to the police, is still wanted. He was already known to have served a federal sentence of almost five years for assault, robbery and violence. On parole, he had been missing and had been wanted since May.
Several elements still remain to be clarified. During a press conference, the Canadian police again explained “not having established a motive”.
Shortly after the killings, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said some victims appeared to have been “targeted” and others “randomly attacked.”
For his part, the leader of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Bobby Cameron, blamed the attacks on “illegal drugs that invade our communities”.
On social networks, many members of the community have paid tribute to their loved ones killed. Among them was Lana Head, 49, who was a mother of two children aged 31 and 30.
According to Canadian media, Gloria Burns, a rescue worker, was killed after responding to a call. Ivor and Darryl Burns explained that their sister Gloria was killed along with her partner and a 14-year-old boy.
In Weldon, a 77-year-old widower pensioner perished according to his neighbors.