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A seven-year-old boy who was killed in his northeast Edmonton home was allegedly stabbed by his four-year-old brother, CTV is reporting.
A source who has spoken with the family said the Sunday incident began with a fight over a toy.
CTV also said it has learned that because of the young age of the child allegedly involved, criminal charges will not be laid.
Edmonton police released few details about the incident yesterday.
An autopsy had been scheduled for yesterday afternoon but the results were not released.
Neighbour Mark Burden said it's impossible to fathom what the family must be going through.
"I feel for the family," Burden said. "We're praying for them and hopefully they can get through this time. It's tough."
Police responded to a reported stabbing at a northeast home around 2 p.m.
They rushed the injured boy to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The home belongs to Nadir Ali Saad and Khiyal Salih Ismael. A longtime friend of the family said there were three kids and a mother and father living in the home. Mohammed Mohammed said the family moved to Canada from Iraq 15 years ago.
Yesterday, neighbours either said they didn't know the family or declined to speak to media.
Yelling at reporters, one man said the family had lived in the home for a long time. He called them a "normal family" and said, "it happens."
A few houses down, another man who wanted to be identified only as Cyrus, said most people in the area keep to themselves.
"Everyone does their own thing," he said.
The house appeared to be empty yesterday morning. The blinds in the front window were closed, but broken pieces were bent up in the corners.
A trail of footprints in the snow lead to the home.
Meanwhile, parents are being urged to keep a close eye on their children over the holidays.
Dr. Don Voaklander, director of the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, stressed he didn't know the circumstances around the death.
But he warned it's easy for caregivers to get distracted by the holiday rush.
"We're all distracted, right? We're all doing the last-minute shopping, getting ready to go away for holidays, preparing the house for family to show up.
"It's a wonderful time of the year, but it's also a busy and stressful time of the year in another sense.
"When it comes to kids, you still have to be aware that they require some close supervision."
University of Alberta law professor Sanjeev Anand, who also did not know the details of the case, said it sounds like it could have been an accidental death.
If there are no charges, it could also mean another person implicated in the death may have been under the age of 12, he said, in which case provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act would kick in.
"If I had to guess I'd say it was some kind of accidental death," he said.
"Someone may have caused the death, but didn't do so with the necessary degree of gross negligence or with the necessary intent to make it a culpable homicide."
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A source who has spoken with the family said the Sunday incident began with a fight over a toy.
CTV also said it has learned that because of the young age of the child allegedly involved, criminal charges will not be laid.
Edmonton police released few details about the incident yesterday.
An autopsy had been scheduled for yesterday afternoon but the results were not released.
Neighbour Mark Burden said it's impossible to fathom what the family must be going through.
"I feel for the family," Burden said. "We're praying for them and hopefully they can get through this time. It's tough."
Police responded to a reported stabbing at a northeast home around 2 p.m.
They rushed the injured boy to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The home belongs to Nadir Ali Saad and Khiyal Salih Ismael. A longtime friend of the family said there were three kids and a mother and father living in the home. Mohammed Mohammed said the family moved to Canada from Iraq 15 years ago.
Yesterday, neighbours either said they didn't know the family or declined to speak to media.
Yelling at reporters, one man said the family had lived in the home for a long time. He called them a "normal family" and said, "it happens."
A few houses down, another man who wanted to be identified only as Cyrus, said most people in the area keep to themselves.
"Everyone does their own thing," he said.
The house appeared to be empty yesterday morning. The blinds in the front window were closed, but broken pieces were bent up in the corners.
A trail of footprints in the snow lead to the home.
Meanwhile, parents are being urged to keep a close eye on their children over the holidays.
Dr. Don Voaklander, director of the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, stressed he didn't know the circumstances around the death.
But he warned it's easy for caregivers to get distracted by the holiday rush.
"We're all distracted, right? We're all doing the last-minute shopping, getting ready to go away for holidays, preparing the house for family to show up.
"It's a wonderful time of the year, but it's also a busy and stressful time of the year in another sense.
"When it comes to kids, you still have to be aware that they require some close supervision."
University of Alberta law professor Sanjeev Anand, who also did not know the details of the case, said it sounds like it could have been an accidental death.
If there are no charges, it could also mean another person implicated in the death may have been under the age of 12, he said, in which case provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act would kick in.
"If I had to guess I'd say it was some kind of accidental death," he said.
"Someone may have caused the death, but didn't do so with the necessary degree of gross negligence or with the necessary intent to make it a culpable homicide."
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daaaang when I heard it on the news they had said his brother stabbed him and I assumed it was an older brother
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