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‘Ready to die’: chilling texts open Saskatchewan stabbing rampage inquest

Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation, Weldon
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Keith Brown, the lawyer representing the James Smith Cree Nation, speaks to media following the opening day of the public coroner’s inquest, into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022, in Melfort, Sask., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Myles Sanderson and his brother were driving around a Saskatchewan First Nation causing havoc, assaulting people and selling drugs in the days and hours before a mass killing in the community.

The first day of a coroner’s inquest into the stabbing rampage saw text messages that Damien Sanderson sent his wife, Skye Sanderson, as the brothers caused chaos in the community.

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