The serial knife killing case shocked Canada, local residents: people are afraid of even opening the door!

[Global Times special reporter in Canada, Tao Shutan Liu Haoran] On the 4th local time, a indigenous community in Saskatchewan, Canada and a neighboring village emergency serial knife killing case: The suspect's hand holds a sharp blade in as many as 13 places The crime caused 10 people to die and 15 injuries. Most of the ways of crime were murderers, and there were many young women and children of the victims. The British Guardian said that the case was one of the "most deadly" murderers in the modern history of Canada, and it was bound to cause response throughout Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau posted on social media on the 4th that this was a "heartbreaking terrible attack." The Chinese Consulate General in Calgary reminded the Chinese citizens to be vigilant on the 4th and said that they have not received news about Chinese citizens' injuries in this incident. As of the launch of the newspaper at night on the 5th of Beijing time, the Canadian police were still searching for two suspects. According to foreign media reports, the leaders of local aboriginal organizations revealed in a statement that the case may be related to drugs.

On the 4th local time, the Canadian police held a press conference and displayed photos of two suspects. (Visual China)

"People will be scared even when they open the door."

The New York Times reported that before the 4th day of dawn, the tranquility of the aboriginal residence area of ​​James Smith Kerry (hereinafter referred to as Kerry) in Saskatchewan was broken by a quarrel. The incident was upgraded to a large -scale case.

Some victimized families described in social media that the suspect's way of committing crimes is mostly murderous, and the means are cruel. They knocked on the door from house to house, and when someone came to open the door, they broke in directly. Some residents did not respond, and the two simply broke the door. According to Agence France -Presse, TV screens show that in tall trees and grass, some household houses are isolated by cordon, and photos on social media show that the door handles of the attacked family are damaged.

Local resident Case Condantt lost her uncle in this case. She accused her on social media: "The two people broke into many people this morning, and there were no stabbing many people." Cry The photo of the resident Tivist on Facebook showed a photo of her family's house destroyed and a Nissan SUV photo. It is said that the car was her brother and had been stolen by the suspect. According to the Guardian, at least one deceased among the victims came from Weldon Village.

The murderer did not even let go of the old and young women and children during the crime. The deceased included a 77 -year -old man and a mother of two children. Several minors were also attacked. "The residents here will not fall asleep again, and people will be scared even when they open the door." The Associated Press quoted Waldon Village resident Walker on the 4th.

Saskhawen is an agricultural -based province in Canada, and it borders the south of North Dakota and Montana in the south. According to the New York Times, about 1/10 of the 1.17 million residents of the province are aboriginals. Reuters said that there were only about 3,400 people in the Crey residential area of ​​the crime. Most residents' lives were mainly farming, hunting, and fishing. There were only 200 residents next door. After the incident, the local community announced that it had entered an emergency and temporarily established two action centers to cooperate with the police to respond to the case. Agence France -Presse said that the three helicopters were sent to a more remote place to help transport victims.

This case is suspected to be related to drugs

Many foreign media referred to this killing case of knife as one of the worst cases in the modern history of Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said on Twitter on the 4th that he was "thinking about those who lost relatives and those who were injured" and said they were paying close attention to the case. On the same day, Stoke Mo, the governor of Saskatchewen Province, said: "The pain and losses brought about by this unnecessary atrocity are not described in language."

The Washington Post stated that at 5:40 am on the 4th, the local police received a report on the first knife attack. According to the British "Guardian", from 7 am to 12 noon on the 4th, the police issued a total of five warnings, expanding from Cry and surrounding residential areas to provinces of Saskatchewan.

According to the police, the suspect fled by a Nissan SUV. At noon on the 4th, he appeared in the capital of the capital of Saskatchewan. The city was 335 kilometers from the incident. After that, the fugitive vehicle never appeared in the public vision. Local police believe that the two suspects still stay in Rijona. "If you are in the Rijona area, please take defense measures and consider avoiding it in the right place. Do not leave from a safe place, do not approach suspicious personnel, do not let the passengers fly in the car ..." Posted such prompt messages on Twitter. According to the BBC, on the morning of the 4th, RCMP stated that Saskatchewen Province, Manitoba, and Alberta will all invest in police forces to search.

In the United States CNN (CNN) said that less than 3 hours after receiving the first report, Canadian police locked the two suspects of 31 -year -old Damin Sandon and 30 -year -old Mels Sander. The photos of the two were released, and the police also described their height and weight. Although the surnames of the two are the same, the police are not sure of their relationship. According to the Associated Press, in May this year, a community project seeking public help to resolve crimes and population missing cases listed Mels as "illegal escape" personnel. At the press conference held by Blackmore, the Royal Madrid Assistant of the Saskatchewan Province, said at a press conference held on the afternoon of the 4th that the motivation for judging the crime was "extremely difficult". Among the victims, some people were "targeted" by the murderers. Some people are "random targets." However, according to the Associated Press, the "Sovereign National Federation" of the Aboriginal Group of Saskatchewen stated in a statement that "when harmful illegal drugs invade our community, we will see such disaster incidents. "". It is reported that this means that the case may be related to drugs.

According to a special reporter of the Global Times, the crime is widely crowded, and the Canadian police have problems such as insufficient number, poor equipment, and low action efficiency, so the speed of solving the case will be affected to some extent.

Data show that the indigenous people are more likely to suffer violent crimes

Although Canadian police did not disclose the specific information of the victim's identity, the Washington Post mentioned in the report that the aboriginal people suffered violence in this country -although the Aboriginal people accounted for only about 5%of the total population of Canada, the official data It shows that from 2015 to 2020, his killing rate involving the victims of the Aboriginal people was 6 times higher than the non -aboriginal people. The Saskatchewen, Manitaba, and Alberta are the three provinces with the highest kill rate involved in the indigenous people.

A report released by the Canadian Bureau of Statistics last month showed that in 2021, a total of 788 homicide occurred in Canada, which was equivalent to 2.06 among 100,000 people, but among the Aboriginal people, this value reached 9.17 per 100,000 people.

According to the "Wall Street Journal" reported on the 5th, data released by the Canadian Bureau of Statistics last month showed that in 2021, one -third of the Canadian murderer was a knife attack. This is the second common killing of the country after shooting. Way. However, the Guardian says that, as a whole, Canada is different from the United States. Large -scale violence incidents are relatively uncommon. Among them, large -scale killing cases are rare than shooting.

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