MONTREAL, Canada – A mass stabbing in an Indigenous neighborhood in central Canada killed one individual and compelled six others to the hospital on Thursday, federal police mentioned, including the suspect additionally died within the incident.
The violence occurred in Hole Water First Nation, a distant neighborhood with about 1,000 residents, 217 kilometers (135 miles) north of Manitoba’s provincial capital, Winnipeg, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police informed AFP in an e-mail.
“We will affirm that no less than six victims have been transported to hospital and one sufferer is deceased,” the RCMP mentioned.
“The suspect can be deceased,” the drive added.
Investigators had been “gathering info to find out what precisely occurred,” the RCMP additional mentioned.
In 2022, 11 individuals had been killed and 18 injured in a distant Indigenous neighborhood within the neighboring province of Saskatchewan.
The killings within the James Smith Cree Nation and close by village of Weldon prompted a nationwide inquiry and introduced renewed consideration the prevalence of crime impacting Canada’s First Nations.
Indigenous individuals characterize 5 % of Canada’s inhabitants of 41 million, however statistics present they’re disproportionately affected by violent crime, together with murder. — Agence France-Presse
