Mounties make 2 arrests in Walmart parking lot stabbing

A man and a woman from Cold Lake are facing charges after two men were found stabbed and unresponsive in a Walmart parking lot in the early morning of Sept. 8.

A previous news release from Cold Lake RCMP said officers responded to calls around 3 a.m. of two men who had been stabbed.

They were taken to hospital with serious injuries. An updated release from Friday said the men were still alive.

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Curtis McKay, 18, and Monica Jacknife, 29, were later arrested.

McKay faces two charges each of attempted murder, aggravated assault and robbery with a weapon.

Jacknife faces two charges of aggravated assault.

Both suspects were remanded into custody after seeing a justice of the peace. McKay and Jacknife are set to appear in court in Cold Lake on Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, respectively.

Cpl. Benjamin Burgess with Cold Lake RCMP said in the release that the two men were known to the accused and it was not a random event.