Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the Saturday night stabbing of a police officer in Edmonton and resulting high-speed chase that injured four people as a "terrorist attack."
"While the investigation continues, early reports indicate that this is another example of the hate that we must remain ever vigilant against," the prime minister said in a statement yesterday.
The assault happened outside an Edmonton Eskimos' Canadian Football League game. A man driving a Chevrolet Malibu drove into a police officer, got out of the vehicle and began stabbing the officer before fleeing the scene, Edmonton Police Service Chief Rod Knecht said in a press conference early yesterday.
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Later the driver, initially identified only as a male about 30 years old, was stopped at a checkpoint driving a U-Haul truck before taking off, leading to a high-speed chase in which four pedestrians were injured before police apprehended the suspect.