International Student Charged with Killing 6 People
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A 19-year-old student is charged with killing six people, including four children, with the youngest being less than three months old, inside a townhouse in the suburb of Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, local media reported Thursday.
Six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder are brought against Febrio De-Zoysa, the offender. Police confirmed that he is a citizen of Sri Lanka and is a student in Canada.
The victims, a mother, her four children, and a family acquaintance, are newcomers to Canada and originally from Sri Lanka, the report said.
The victims have been identified as 35-year-old Darshani Banbaranayake Gama Walwwe Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake and her four children: 7-year-old Inuka Wickramasinghe, 4-year-old Ashwini Wickramasinghe, 2-year-old Rinyana Wickramasinghe and two-month-old Kelly Wickramasinghe. A sixth man, 40-year-old Amarakoonmubiayansela Ge Gamini Amarakoon, was also found deceased at the home.
Police confirmed that the homicides late Wednesday night are considered the worst mass killings in the city’s recent history, media reported.
In an earlier interview, the police had initially called the incident a “mass shooting,” but it was not. An “edged weapon” was used by the killer, the report said.
Police said De-Zoysa is also an acquaintance of the family and was living in the home at the time of the killings. He was arrested about 15 kilometres south of Ottawa's downtown core, the report said.
According to media, the Sri Lankan High Commission has been told by Ottawa police that the six victims are of Sri Lankan decent and are assisting the police in notifying the next of kin in Sri Lanka.
Source: CBC News
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