Sanderson tried to kill one of the mass stabbing victims before, court records show

The prime suspect in the recent mass stabbing in Saskatchewan tried to kill one of its victims seven years ago, court records reveal. 

Those records say Myles Sanderson tried to kill his father-in-law, Earl Burns, in January 2015 by repeatedly stabbing him with a knife. He also assaulted another Burns family member. Sanderson was convicted and sentenced to two years less a day. 

Burns, 66, was among the 10 people killed over the weekend, police said Wednesday, in the rampage in James Smith Cree Nation and nearby Weldon, Sask. 

Burns was a veteran who served with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. In a tribute, Veterans Voices of Canada said he “gave