Timeline of eventspublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 5 September 2022
Police have released a timeline of events as they unfolded in Saskatchewan on Sunday:
- 05:40 local time on 4 September (12:40 BST) - police receive a call about a stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation
- Shortly afterwards, handlers receive further calls reporting additional stabbings at different locations and the suspects are identified as Damien Sanderson and Miles Sanderson
- 07:12 - police ask the public to seek immediate shelter and issue a Dangerous Persons Alert to residents of James Smith Cree Nation and its surrounding communities - including Candle Lake, Prince Albert, Melfort, Humboldt and Rosthern
- 07:57 - police reveal the names, descriptions and pictures of the two suspects
- 08:20 - the Dangerous Persons Alert is extended to the whole province of Saskatchewan
- after information comes to light that the suspects are travelling in a vehicle
- 09:45 - a description of the vehicle and the correct picture to identify Myles Sanderson are included in a new alert. Police say multiple victims have been attacked in multiple locations, some randomly
- 11:25 - the search for the suspects is widened to the neighbouring provinces of Manitoba and Alberta
- 12:07 - police alert the public that the suspect vehicle had been spotted on Arcola Avenue in Regina, the provincial capital which lies more than 185 miles (300km) south of the first attack