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Six Sri Lankan people, including a mother and four small children, were stabbed to death in Canada's capital Ottawa late Wednesday night. The father of the family was also injured in the attack and is in the hospital. Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs said a “sharp weapon” or “knife-like object” was used by the suspect, identified as Fabricio De-Zoysa. Fabricio De-Zoysa, a 19-year-old Sri Lankan student, has been arrested and charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, police said. De-Zoysa knew the family and was staying in the house, he said.
The dead include Darshani Ekanyake, 35, her seven-year-old son, Inuka Wickramasinghe, and their three daughters: Ashwini, 4; Rinyana, 2; and Kelly, two and a half months, who was born in Canada.
When the first officers arrived at the home, the father of the family was outside and yelling for someone to call 911, the police chief said. Police received two emergency calls at 10:52 pm on Wednesday. The father remains in hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. “This was a senseless act of violence perpetrated on completely innocent people,” Stubbs said.
Stubbs said he was new to the country. The Sri Lankan High Commission confirmed that the family are Sri Lankan citizens and are in touch with their family members in the country's capital, Colombo.
canadian press According to , another Sri Lankan, 40-year-old Amrakoonmubiyansela G Gemini Amrakoon, was also killed in the attack. Stubbs described him as a family friend who lived in the townhouse and had recently moved to Canada.
Stubbs said two emergency calls came in at 10:52 p.m. Wednesday reporting a person in distress outside their driveway yelling for someone to call 911. Stubbs later identified the man as the father.
Shanti Ramesh, who lives across the street from the family, said she heard the commotion late in the evening. From his balcony he saw a man sitting on the road shouting. When police arrived, they helped carry him, although it appeared he was able to walk on his own, Ramesh said.
The murders took place inside a townhome in Barrhaven, a rapidly growing suburb about 20 kilometers south of Ottawa's downtown core.
