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Victims of deadly stabbing spree in Canada identified

Emily Mae Czachor - 28m ago

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As police continued to search for the suspect wanted in connection with a deadly series of stabbings in Saskatchewan over the weekend, officials in the Canadian province on Wednesday released the names of the 10 people killed during the attack.

Nine of the 10 victims belonged to James Smith Cree Nation, the indigenous reserve that declared a state of emergency in the aftermath of Sunday's attack, according to an announcement shared by the Saskatchewan Coroner's Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The tenth person was a resident of Weldon, a nearby town in Saskatchewan.

Those killed have been identified as Thomas Burns, 23, Carol Burns, 46, Gregory Burns, 28, Lydia Gloria Burns, 61, Bonnie Burns, 48, Earl Burns, 66, Lana Head, 49, Cristian Head, 54, Robert Sanderson, 49, and Wesley Petterson, 78. All except Petterson were residents of James Smith Cree Nation.

Victims' identities were confirmed with help from their loved ones, authorities said Wednesday. Neither the coroner's service nor royal police confirmed any relationships between the victims. Authorities said they will not release the names of the 18 people who were injured in the stabbings, although Wednesday's announcement confirmed that the toll includes one young teenager and 17 wounded adults. It noted that people of all genders were targeted.

The attack that shook James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon on Sunday, Sept. 4, is one of the deadliest mass killings in Canada's history. Stabbings took place in more than a dozen locations across the reserve and adjacent town, RCMP said this week, as authorities named brothers 31-year-old Damien Sanderson and 30-year-old Myles Sanderson as suspects alleged to have carried out the string of violent crimes. Police issued arrest warrants for murder and attempted murder for both brothers.

Rhonda Blackmore, assistant commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said earlier this week that some of the victims appeared to have been targeted by suspects during the attack while others seemed to have been stabbed at random. Police have not provided a motive as a manhunt across Canada's expansive western province moves into its fourth day.

Damien Sanderson was found dead near the site of the stabbing attacks on Monday. Blackmore said he was discovered with "visible injuries" that did not appear self-inflicted, although his cause of death has not yet been determined by the coroner.

Myles Sanderson remained at large on Wednesday. Police warned residents of James Smith Cree Nation one day earlier that the suspect had been spotted in the area, prompting authorities to shut down local roadways and surveil the reserve, but later said the sighting was a false alarm.

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Cops raid home of top Vegas lawyer and Democrat public official in connection with stabbing death of journalist who thwarted his bid for re-election with stories involving inappropriate relationships

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers found journalist Jeff German, 69, dead with stab wounds around 10:30am on Saturday

German died of 'multiple sharp force injuries' and was reportedly in an altercation with someone before his death

Officers have now swooped on a Las Vegas' officals home in connection with the murder

The reporter is understood to have written several articles about Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles in the months before his death

Police are searching the home of an Las Vegas official in connection with the murder of an investigative reporter who was stabbed to death outside his own home.

Jeff German, 69, spent three decades covering crime and corruption before he was brutally killed on Saturday in Clark County, Las Vegas.

He was found dead outside his home on September 3, with cops believing he had been stabbed to death during an altercation the day before.

Authorities are today searching the home of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 45, who had been the focus of recent articles by the reporter.

Police cars were seen outside of his property and confirmed that they were serving warrants but could not give any further information.

The warrant was served at a home near Charleston Boulevard and Hualapai Way and police are still on the scene.

German spent months reporting on the turmoil in Telles office and how he lost his re-election bid in June.

Democrat Telles, 45, lost the bid after German’s findings were published and the reported had recently filed public records requests for emails and text messages between Telles and other officials.

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Trans woman is 'grabbed and shoved out of Florida nightclub by bouncers' after using women's toilets - despite her ID showing she is still legally a man

Piper Ayers said that bouncers booted her out of Dixie Roadhouse in Cape Coral

She said she was wearing a crop top and pleaded with security that she was trans

She broke down in tears and recalled humiliation that left her feeling 'worthless'

A sign on club's door says racist, sexist and homophobic people are not allowed'

A transgender woman has claimed she was grabbed and shoved out of a Florida nightclub after she used the women's bathroom.

Piper Ayers said bouncers seized and booted her out of Dixie Roadhouse in Cape Coral on Friday because she is legally still male.

She explained she was wearing a crop top, skirt and high heels and pleaded with security for her right to use the ladies' restroom.

She broke down in tears as she recalled her humiliation and said the traumatic experience left her feeling 'worthless'.

It came despite a sign on the club's door saying racist, sexist and homophobic people are not allowed in.