Saskatchewan RCMP searching for armed suspects, not believed to be connected to stabbings

By The Canadian Press

Posted September 5, 2022 3:51 pm.

Saskatchewan RCMP has issued a provincewide alert for several armed suspects on a First Nation northwest of Saskatoon.

They say there are reports of a shooting on the Witchekan Lake First Nation.

Residents are advised to stay inside and lock their doors.

https://twitter.com/RCMPSK/status/1566868102083641344

Mounties say the suspects may be in a mid-2000s dark red Ford Mustang.

Mounties say the shooting is not believed to be connected to Sunday’s deadly stabbing rampage on the James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon.

Two suspects in those stabbings remain at large.

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