Myles Sanderson: Saskatchewan mass stabbing suspect still at large as Canadian

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Three days after a mass stabbing that stunned the nation, Canadian police expanded their massive search for the “armed and dangerous” suspect in the brutal attacks around an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan.

The assaults on Sunday, which spanned 13 different crime scenes in the James Smith Cree Nation and a nearby rural village, left 10 people dead and 18 others injured.

Three people remain in critical condition, the Saskatchewan Health Authority said in a statement on Tuesday, while seven are stable. Another seven have been discharged, the authority said.

Police have not released information on victims’ identities, but said they included men and women in different age groups, with the youngest in their early 20s.

Shortly after the stabbings, authorities identified brothers Myles and Damien Sanderson as suspects.

Myles Sanderson remains at large after Damien Sanderson was found dead a day after the attacks with injuries that were not believed to be self-inflicted, police said, without elaborating.

Police have warned that Sanderson may be injured, but he is still considered “armed and dangerous” and should not be approached. He is wanted on a warrant for three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and breaking and entering into a residence.

While police on Monday said they were operating under the impression that Sanderson was in the city of Regina, which is more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the James Smith Cree Nation, they no longer believed he was still there, Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said Tuesday.

“Today we’ve received information that is leading us to believe he may no longer be in this community… although we don’t know his whereabouts, we are still looking not only within the City of Regina, but expanded into the province as well,” Bray said.

It remains unclear what motivated the violence and how or whether the brothers knew any of the victims.

Some were apparently targeted while others may have been attacked randomly, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said in a Monday briefing.

It’s also unknown if the brothers carried out the attacks at the same time, according to Blackmore.

The first stabbing was reported on the James Smith Cree Nation at 5:40 a.m. local time. Minutes later, several more calls came in about stabbings at other locations, police said.

The nation has a population of around 3,400 people with about 1,800 members who live on the reservation, according to its website.

By 9:45 a.m., authorities were reporting victims in multiple locations, including one in the village of Weldon.

While police haven’t released the names of those killed, one was identified as Gloria Burns, a first responder, according to Reuters.

Burns was responding to a crisis call when she was…