加拿大萨斯喀彻温省皇家骑警周三表示,加拿大当局已经找到并拘留了一名被指控多次刺伤的嫌疑人。
30岁的迈尔斯·桑德森和31岁的达米恩·桑德森兄弟涉嫌实施导致10人死亡,19人受伤的疯狂刺杀事件当局说,周日在萨斯喀彻温省的詹姆斯·史密斯克里族和魏尔东镇的土著社区。
达米恩·桑德森周一被发现死在刺伤地点附近的一片田地里,身上有“明显的伤痕”
当局称,迈尔斯·桑德森已被拘留。
萨斯卡通警方向警方证实加拿大广播公司他们从五月份开始寻找迈尔斯·桑德森,那时他违反了假释条例,没有和他的假释官见面。萨斯卡通警方告诉加拿大广播公司,他被归类为“非法在逃”。
据加拿大广播公司报道,迈尔斯·桑德森(Myles Sanderson)因袭击、抢劫、恶作剧和威胁他人而在联邦监狱服刑近五年后获得假释。
当局周日对桑德森夫妇展开了为期多天的搜捕。
迈尔斯·桑德森被捕后,梅尔福特皇家骑警取消了危险人物警报,称公众不再面临危险。
加拿大皇家骑警队指挥官助理专员朗达·布莱克摩尔本周早些时候表示,调查人员认为,一些受害者是“有针对性的”,而另一些则是“随机袭击”。
当局正在调查袭击的动机。
当地时间周日早上5点40分左右,萨斯喀彻温省皇家骑警接到了第一个911报警电话,称距离魏尔东约20英里的詹姆斯·史密斯克里族被刺伤。几分钟内,警方又接到几个来自不同地点的电话。根据布莱克摩尔的说法,总共在人口稀少的保护区和镇上的13个不同地点发现了受害者。
官员们公布了周三一系列刺杀事件中遇难者的身份。
Suspect who allegedly killed 10 in Saskatchewan stabbings taken into custody
Canadian authorities have located and taken into custody a suspect accused of several stabbings, the Saskatchewan RCMP said Wednesday.
Brothers Myles Sanderson, 30, and Damien Sanderson, 31, are suspected of carrying out thestabbing spree that killed 10 people and injured 19in the Indigenous communities of James Smith Cree Nation and the town of Weldon, in Saskatchewan, on Sunday, authorities said.
Damien Sanderson was found dead on Monday in a field near the stabbing sites with "visible injuries."
Myles Sanderson has been taken into custody, authorities said.
Police in Saskatoon confirmed to theCanadian Broadcasting Corporationthat they had been searching for Myles Sanderson since May, when he violated parole by failing to meet with his parole officer. He was classified as "unlawfully at large," Saskatoon police told CBC.
Myles Sanderson was placed on parole after serving a nearly five-year federal sentence for assault, robbery, mischief and uttering threats, according to CBC.
Authorities launched a multi-day manhunt for the Sandersons on Sunday.
The Melfort RCMP canceled its Dangerous Persons Alert upon Myles Sanderson's arrest, saying the public is no longer at risk.
Investigators believe some of the victims were "targeted" while others were "attacked randomly," RCMP Commanding Officer Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said earlier this week.
Authorities are investigating the motive for the attacks.
The Saskatchewan RCMP got its first 911 call about a stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation, about 20 miles from Weldon, around 5:40 a.m. local time on Sunday. Within minutes, police received several more calls from multiple locations. In total, victims were found at 13 different locations across the sparsely populated reserve and in the town, according to Blackmore.
Officials released the identities of the victims killed in the string of stabbings on Wednesday.