A person killed his sister and wounded seven others in a mass stabbing at an Indigenous community in central Canada, police mentioned Thursday.
The man, a 26-year-old from Hollow Water First Nation, an Anishinaabe community on the japanese shores of Lake Winnipeg, fled the scene in a stolen automobile and died after crashing right into a police cruiser that was responding to the assault, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Manitoba mentioned. His sister, 18, died from accidents sustained in the stabbing.
The son and daughter of one of many victims mentioned their father was stabbed a number of occasions after somebody broke into his dwelling. His lung was punctured by a stab wound in his again, however he stays acutely aware, they mentioned, based on CBC.
Meanwhile, a girl police officer who was severely injured in the automobile collision is at present recovering in hospital.
Most of the injured had been taken to Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre by air and land, a spokesperson for the provincial well being group Shared Health mentioned in an announcement to NCS.
The hospital quickly declared a Code Orange Alert, which is generally issued throughout a mass casualty occasion. This has since been lifted.
The motive behind the assault is just not but recognized.
Hollow Water First Nation Chief Larry Barker mentioned he’s praying for all victims and has requested his community to do the identical.
RCMP officers together with different authorities have closed off a provincial highway to research.
“At this time, there is no risk to public safety,” the RCMP later mentioned.