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(UPDATE: May 7 at 5:01 am): Two teen girls are facing charges of second-degree murder and attempted murder in a northern Manitoba community.
RCMP say the girls, who are 13 and 14, remain in custody.
Officers were called early Saturday to a disturbance at a home in Easterville, southeast of The Pas.
They found a 32-year-old woman with critical injuries, and she died at the scene.
Police say a second victim, a 35-year-old woman, was found nearby with injuries.
She was transported to a Winnipeg hospital, where she remains in stable condition.
(Original story: May 6 at 5:10 am): Two teen girls are in police custody in relation to an alleged homicide in northern Manitoba.
RCMP officers with the province's Chemawawin detachment say they were called to a home in Easterville shortly before 2 am Saturday morning in response to reports of a disturbance.
They say they found a 32-year-old woman who was critically injured and later died at the scene.
Police say a second victim, a 35-year-old woman, was later found nearby with unspecified, non-life-threatening injuries.
She was airlifted to hospital in Winnipeg, about 500 kilometres away, where she remains in stable condition.
Police say they arrested the 13-year-old and 14-year-old girls, but did not indicate whether they knew the victim or if charges have been laid in the ongoing investigation.
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