A killed and at least six injured in mass in the handle in Manitoba

Canadian police said that a person died and that at least six were injured in a stab wound attack in a Manitoba province community.

The Royal Canadian Montée (RCC) police said on Thursday that the suspect in the stabs were also died.

The incident, described by the police as an event of “mass victim”, took place in the first nation of hollow water, about 200 km (124 miles) in the northeast of the city of Winnipeg.

Eight people were transported by Air or Ambulance in local hospitals, shared health, the province of health, said in a statement to the BBC.

They arrived with variable injuries, said a spokesperson.

Stars Air Ambulance confirmed that she had responded to an emergency on the first nation in widen water on Thursday morning and had stolen two patients at the Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg.

Few details on the incident are available at the moment.

Thursday morning, the Manitoba RCMP warned residents of the First Nation in Hollow Water that they should expect a strong police presence in the community throughout the day.

They said there were no current risk for public security.

“Our sincere condolences to all within the Creuse First Nation in Water Nation Community and to all those who have been affected by this insane act of violence,” said the RCMP.

The GRC’s major crime unit will lead the investigation.

In a letter to residents published online, the Hollow River Head and the Council offered their condolences “affected by this tragedy”.

The Anishinaabe community has a small population of a few hundred people.