One attacker, one knife, worse death total than many mass gun attacks.
From AP
CALGARY, Alberta — The son of a Calgary police officer was charged in
the fatal stabbing of five people at a house party that the law
enforcement officials called the worst mass slaying in the western
Canadian city's history.
Matthew Douglas de Grood, a recent graduate of the University of
Calgary, picked up a large knife shortly after arriving at the party and
stabbed the victims one by one shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday, said
police Chief Rick Hanson.
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From DailyStar.co.uk
Matthew Douglas de Grood, the son of a veteran police officer, has
been charged with five counts of murder following the killings in
Calgary.
Police Chief Rick Hanson said: "We have never seen five people killed at one scene. The scene was horrific."
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From the CBC:
De Grood, who attended the University of Calgary, was planning to attend law school.
He was also tagged in a Facebook post that said he graduated with a
bachelor of science (major in psychology/minor in law and society) with
distinction in June 2013.
De Grood was currently working at a grocery store not far from where the killings took place this morning.
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It seams a bit strange that there have been a lot of stabbings in the news lately.
ReplyDeleteWe just had one last night at a bar or club just outside Cleveland, in Lakewood http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/04/fight_outside_lakewood_bar_sen.html#incart_m-rpt-1
Next there will be a knife ban at this rate.
ReplyDeleteHuntington, W Va stabing
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Huntington-Police-Investigating-Stabbings--255856191.html?device=tablet