An emergency alert has been issued in Canada after a man, thought to have been linked to a recent mass stabbing, was spotted armed with a knife in a stolen vehicle.
Ten people were killed and 18 injured after the attacks in the central Saskatchewan province on Sunday.
Hundreds of police officers undertook an extensive manhunt for suspects, brothers Myles and Damien Sanderson, who had fled their crime scenes.
Damien was found dead in a grassy area of James Smith Cree Nation on Monday with injuries police said were not self-inflicted.
But Myles Sanderson, who officers say is armed and dangerous, remains on the loose.
The alert, issued on Wednesday afternoon, warned people near the town of Wakaw to shelter in place and not approach “suspicious people”.
The stabbing rampage on Sunday was one of the deadliest attacks in Canada’s modern history.
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Police said some of the victims appeared to have been deliberately targeted, while others were attacked at random.
Officers have not revealed a possible motive, but a statement from an indigenous group from the province suggested the stabbings could be drug-related.
Violating parole
Questions are beginning to be asked about why Myles Sanderson – with 59 convictions and a long history of violence – was out on the streets.
The 32-year-old was released by a parole board in February while serving a sentence of more than four years on charges that included assault and robbery. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release.
According to the Associated Press, his previous convictions also showed that seven years ago, he attacked and stabbed one of the victims killed in the weekend rampage.
