'No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They're going to be terrified to open their door,' said a neighbor to one of the victims.
REGINA, Saskatchewan --
The discovery of the body came on the second day of a massive manhunt for the pair, who are suspected of carrying out a series of stabbings in an Indigenous community and a nearby town, which also left 18 people injured. It was the deadliest attacks in the nation's history. "No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They're going to be terrified to open their door," said Ruby Works, who also lost someone close to her and is a resident of Weldon, which has a population of about 200 and is home to many retirees.
While the manhunt continued, police also issued a provincewide alert for suspects in a shooting on the Witchekan Lake First Nation. Officials said the shooting was not believed to be connected to the stabbings, but such alerts are unusual and the fact that a second occurred while authorities were already scouring the Saskatchewan for the stabbing suspects was notable.
She couldn't provide a motive, but the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations suggested the stabbings could be drug-related. The elected leaders of the three communities that make up the James Smith Cree Nation declared a local state of emergency. "The look in their eyes couldn't express the pain and suffering for all those who were assaulted," he posted.
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