Police say the prime suspect in a mass stabbing incident in Saskatchewan has been taken into custody. Myles Sanderson was located and taken into custody in Rosthern, Sask., around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to an update on a civil emergency alert that has been in effect in the province since Sunday morning.
Police say the prime suspect in a mass stabbing incident in Saskatchewan has been taken into custody.
RCMP instructed anyone in the Wakaw area to immediately seek shelter or shelter in place, to use caution allowing other inside residences and to avoid approaching suspicious persons or picking up hitchhikers. "We've shed a lot of tears in the last couple of days," Mark Arcand said while breaking up at a Saskatoon Tribal Council news conference.Arcand said his sister Bonnie Burns, 48, and nephew Gregory Burns, 28, were among those fatally stabbed. He said Bonnie's two young foster children witnessed the tragedy.On Tuesday evening, Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray revealed that police no longer believe that Sanderson is in the city.
Bray's comments came the same day as a false alarm involving a possible sighting of Sanderson on James Smith Cree Nation. The intensive search for Myles Sanderson and his brother Damien began Sunday morning after reports of multiple stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask. began pouring into police.
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