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Murder charge laid in multiple stabbing

Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009 | 12:21 PM MT

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One person is dead and a suspect has been charged after a multiple stabbing on the Bushe River Reserve in northern Alberta, High Level RCMP said Friday.

After being called to a house on the reserve about 800 kilometres northwest of Edmonton on Wednesday around 8:20 p.m., police said they found three people suffering from stab wounds. One of them later died in hospital.

A man, 36, was taken into custody with the help of a police dog. He has been charged with second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

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