Suspect in Saskatchewan Stabbing Attempted Similar Attacks Years Ago, Court Files Show

Suspect in Saskatchewan Stabbing Attempted Similar Attacks Years Ago, Court Files Show
Saskatchewan stabbing attack suspect Myles Sanderson in a police handout photo. HO-Saskatchewan RCMP/The Canadian Press
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One of the suspects in the mass stabbing in Saskatchewan that left 10 people dead had committed a similar assault several years ago, court documents show.

In 2015, Myles Sanderson was accused of trying to kill Earl Burns through “repeatedly stabbing with a knife,” and also attacked and wounded Joyce Burns, according to the documents obtained by Global News. The names of an Earl and a Joyce were found listed as Sanderson’s in-laws in a criminal file in the Saskatchewan courts, Global reported.