Five stories in the news for today, Oct. 2
Five stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 2
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MORE INFO EXPECTED IN EDMONTON ATTACKS
Police are expected to update their investigation today into the weekend attack that left an Edmonton officer stabbed and four people injured when the were hit by a fleeing rental truck. Police have said terrorism and attempted murder charges are pending against the suspect, who has yet to be officially named. Mounties say the 30-year-old is a Somali refugee once investigated for allegedly espousing extremism. They say the suspect was checked out in 2015 after a report he may have been radicalized. But investigators determined at that time that he didn’t pose a threat.