5 students stabbed to death at a house party in Canada

OTTAWA/CALGARY: Five students died overnight in a stabbing rampage at a house party marking the end of university classes in the Canadian city of Calgary, authorities said Tuesday. A recent graduate of the University of Calgary was charged in the fatal stabbing that the police chief called the worst mass slaying in the western Canadian city’s history.
Matthew Douglas de Grood, the son of a 33-year veteran of the Calgary police force, 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. They had been “attending a house party,” said a police statement.
The victims were four men and one woman in their late teens or 20s.
A suspect was arrested nearby after what public broadcaster CBC said was a chase involving police dogs.
De Grood, 22, was charged with five counts of murder late Tuesday.
“Thoughts and prayers of all Calgarians are with the young people we lost this morning, their families, friends, and university community,” Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi wrote on Twitter. The University of Calgary said the victims were its students.