An 18-year-old woman has died and seven other people have been injured in a mass stabbing at a remote indigenous community in Canada, police say.
The suspect also died in Thursday’s attack at a First Nations community in the province of Manitoba, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
The incident took place in Hollow Water First Nation, about 200km (124 miles) north-east of the city of Winnipeg.
Police said the suspect was fleeing the scene when he died in a vehicle collision with an RCMP policewoman, who was critically injured.
Our sincere condolences to everyone within the community of Hollow Water First Nation and to everyone who has been affected by this senseless act of violence,” the RCMP said.
Police said they were first called to the community at 03:45 local time on Thursday, after a tribal security officer reported an assault had taken place 30 minutes earlier.
When police arrived, they were alerted to a second crime scene. Stabbing victims were located at both locations, according to investigators.
RCMP major crimes unit Supt Rob Lasson declined to share any suspected motive for the attack, but said the “victims were all known to each other in the community”.
The suspect, Tyrone Simard, 26, fled in a stolen car and appears to have been heading towards Winnipeg when he collided with the police vehicle.
The policewoman, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with “critical but non-life-threatening injuries”, according to Lasson, and is expected to make a full recovery.
