Canada stabbing spree suspect taken into custody: Police

Myles Sanderson taken into custody just hours after police release names of 10 people killed in attacks in Saskatchewan.
Canadian police have taken the suspect in a deadly stabbing spree into custody, after a days-long search that worsened grief and fear in the remote communities where 10 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured on the weekend. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the province of Saskatchewan said on Wednesday that Myles Sanderson was found near Rosthern, a town about 130km (80 miles) from where the attacks took place.
“There is no longer a risk to public safety relating to this investigation. The Saskatchewan RCMP would like to thank the public for their diligence in providing pertinent information about potential sightings of Myles Sanderson,” the force said in a brief statement.
Sanderson faces three counts of first-degree murder, among other charges, in relation to the fatal attacks that devastated the Indigenous community of James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon. The rampage on Sunday marked one of the deadliest incidents of violence in Canada’s history, and it has spurred anguish in the province of Saskatchewan and across the country. Sanderson was taken into custody just hours after the names of the 10 people killed in the attacks were made public.
They are:
* Thomas Burns, 23, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Carol Burns, 46, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Gregory Burns, 28, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Gloria Lydia Burns, 61, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Bonnie Burns, 48, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Earl Burns, 66, of James Smith Cree Nation
*Lana Head, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Christian Head, 54, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Robert Sanderson, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation
* Wesley Petterson, 78, of Weldon
The RCMP said the names of the 18 people injured in the attacks would not be released, but confirmed that a young teenager was among those hurt. The other injured people are adult men and women, police said.
Sunday’s attacks in Saskatchewan, a province on the Canadian prairies, mark one of the deadliest incidents of violence in Canada’s history, and have spurred widespread grief and fear.
Mark Arcand, whose sister Bonnie Burns and nephew Gregory Burns were killed in the attacks, said he didn’t want Bonnie to be remembered as a victim. His sister was devoted to her family and “made a difference in peoples’ lives”, Arcand said during a news conference on Wednesday. “She’s not a victim. She’s a hero,” he said. “She always put other people before her. That’s what we want people to remember. We want people to remember how she made you laugh, how she told stories at Christmas … at kids’ birthdays, at weddings, at celebrations.”….
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