A person was killed and the suspect is dead after multiple people were stabbed in Hollow Water First Nation on Thursday, RCMP say.
There were at least six people taken to hospital, police said in a news release.
Police had warned the public about a heavy police presence in the First Nation, on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg about 160 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, after a “serious incident” happened sometime before 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Officers are still gathering information about what happened, and they expect to provide an update early Thursday afternoon.
A spokesperson for Manitoba Shared Health told CBC News at least eight patients with varying levels of injuries were taken by air and land to the emergency room at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre.
STARS helicopters airlifted two people, while six others were being taken to hospital by road, the spokesperson said.
More to come.