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Sexsmith, Alta., bar attack ends with 4 people stabbed, 1 fatally

Four people were sent to hospital early Sunday following a deadly knife attack in a bar in Sexsmith, Alta.

RCMP still searching for suspect, but attack not believed to be random

Grande Prairie RCMP are investigating a knife attack in Sexsmith that sent four people to hospital where one later died. (Courtesy of William Vavrek Photography)

Four people were sent to hospital early Sunday following a deadly knife attack in a bar in Sexsmith, Alta.

One person subsequently died in hospital. It's not known how seriously the others are hurt.

Police say they have few details on the attack other than they were called to the bar at the Sexsmith Hotelshortly after 1a.m.

Police are still looking for the suspect, but saythe public is notat riskas the attack is not believed toa random act.

Sexsmith is 20 km north of Grande Prairie in northwest Alberta.