A suspect is in custody after five young people — four males and one female in their late teens to early 20s — died following early-morning stabbings in northwest Calgary.
The stabbings happened around 1:20 a.m. MT on Tuesday at an address in the 100 block of Butler Crescent N.W., police said.
According to neighbours, the youths had been celebrating the last day of university classes with a fire in a home's backyard.
Bermuda Shorts Day festivities to mark the end of the University of Calgary’s winter semester have been a campus tradition since 1960.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene while two others were taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition, and later died, officials said.Four of those who died were male and one was female, officials said.
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Calgary stabbings: 4 male youths, 1 female dead - Calgary - CBC News
The stabbings happened around 1:20 a.m. MT on Tuesday at an address in the 100 block of Butler Crescent N.W., police said.
According to neighbours, the youths had been celebrating the last day of university classes with a fire in a home's backyard.
Bermuda Shorts Day festivities to mark the end of the University of Calgary’s winter semester have been a campus tradition since 1960.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene while two others were taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition, and later died, officials said.Four of those who died were male and one was female, officials said.
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Calgary stabbings: 4 male youths, 1 female dead - Calgary - CBC News