Brawl after social at Lake Manitoba First Nation seriously injures 6, leads to 4 arrests

Four people have been arrested after a brawl at a wedding social at Lake Manitoba First Nation sent six people to hospital on the weekend.

RCMP found multiple people, all with serious injuries, and various weapons — but no firearms — when officers arrived around 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the scene of the altercation, which took place "after a social event," police said.

The victims are five men age 25 to 43 and a 47-year-old woman, all from the First Nation. They were all taken to hospital in Winnipeg, said police.

The STARS helicopter flew two of the patients from the hospital in Eriksdale, Man., to Health Sciences Centre with "traumatic injuries sustained in a physical altercation following a wedding social," a spokesperson with the air ambulance service told CBC News.

A STARS transport physician accompanied another two patients as they were taken to Health Sciences Centre by ground ambulance, the spokesperson added.

RCMP said they arrested three men and one woman in connection with the incident. They are currently in custody, but no charges have been laid.

Police did not release the names of those arrested, but said the woman and one of the men are from Lake Manitoba First Nation. The other two men are from Dauphin, Man., and the rural municipality of Alonsa.

"There were a large number of participants, and RCMP investigators are working diligently to piece together the circumstances of the event," police said in a news release Tuesday.

Lake Manitoba First Nation is about 160 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.