It began with a phone call to police in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Sunday morning.

A stabbing was reported on the James Smith Cree Nation reservation.

In the minutes that followed, more calls came in: there were repeated reports of knife attacks in various places.

Police issued a first warning earlier this morning about two armed and dangerous men.

24 hours after the crimes, the balance is: ten dead and at least 15 injured at 13 different crime scenes.

Canada is in shock.

Majid Sattar

Political correspondent for North America based in Washington.

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Saskatchewan police have ruled out the possibility of other victims.

The reserve leadership declared a state of emergency.

In the region, the population was asked to stay at home or go to a safe place.

Additional forces were ordered to a football game.

"It appears that some of the victims were targeted and some were chosen at random," said Rhonda Blackmore of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

It is therefore extremely difficult for the time being to name a motive for the crime.

In Sunday's press conference, Blackmore addressed the suspects directly: "If Damien and Myles are overhearing or receive this message, I request that they turn themselves in to the police immediately."

Investigate all crime scenes.

There were not fatalities everywhere.

The attacks occurred both on the James Smith Cree Nation Reservation and in the nearby village of Weldon.

A resident of the town of 200 residents reported that she had met one of the suspects.

She was just drinking her coffee on the patio when a dark SUV sped past.

Shortly thereafter, a man who had covered his face stood in front of her house and said he needed help because his face was injured.

When she got her phone, the man ran away.

Then she called the police.

Police later named the two suspects: Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson.

At first there was no information on whether the men are related.

Most recently, the suspects are said to have been seen fleeing in the provincial capital Regina, about 300 kilometers south of the crime scenes.

They were still traveling in the dark SUV.

"All Saskatchewan Mourns"

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the public on Sunday: The attacks in Saskatchewan were "terrible and heartbreaking," he said.

His thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones and with those who have been hurt.

Scott Moe, the provincial prime minister, expressed his condolences on behalf of his government.

"All of Saskatchewan mourns with the victims and their families."

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which represents First Nations in Saskatchewan, also offered their condolences and solidarity.

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Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Saskatchewan police are using all available resources to locate the two suspects.

The manhunt was expanded on Monday.

Police were searching in Saskatchewan and the neighboring provinces of Manitoba and Alberta for the suspects, who are said to be 31 and 30 years old respectively.

Suspects allegedly in the capital or the surrounding area

The area of ​​these three sparsely populated provinces is more than five times the area of ​​Germany.

Saskatchewan alone is almost twice the size of Germany.

However, the police pointed out that they had no information on whether the suspects had left the provincial borders.

The police in Regina said the wanted people were probably still in the capital or the surrounding area.

Regina has 230,000 inhabitants.

The largest city in the province is Saskatoon with 266,000 inhabitants.

Around eleven percent of Saskatchewan's 1.2 million inhabitants are members of the First Nations, the Canadian indigenous people.

The James Smith Cree Nation in the north of the province has 3,400 members, according to the reservation, about 1,900 of whom live on the reservation.

It is about 30 miles east of Prince Albert, the third largest city in the province.

The First Nations language is Cree.

Prime Minister Trudeau said Sunday the Canadian government in Ottawa is in contact with the James Smith Cree Nation community leadership and is ready to help in any way possible.

His thoughts are with the Cree Nation and the people of Saskatchewan.

Those responsible for the horrific attacks must be held accountable.