| Date | Name | City | Province | Licensed | Victims | Deaths | Injuries | Suicide | Firearms | OIC Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D’Souza | Ottawa | ON | No | 6 | 6 | 1 | No | No | No |
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Classification: Corroborated
Incident Summary: On March 7, 2024, six people, including four children and two adults, were found dead in a home in suburban Ottawa. The victims were new to Canada from Sri Lanka. The father of the family survived and was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. A 19-year-old suspect, Febrio De-Zoysa, was arrested and charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
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A 19-year-old, identified as Febrio De-Zoysa, has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with a mass stabbing in an Ottawa suburb. The victims include a 35-year-old woman, four children aged 7, 4, 2, and 2 months, and an acquaintance. The incident occurred at a home in Barrhaven, where the suspect was living.
A mass killing occurred in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven on March 7, 2024. Six people, including a mother and four children, were identified as the victims. The children's father was taken to hospital and is in stable condition. A 19-year-old man, Febrio De-Zoysa, is in custody and charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
Six people, including four children and two adults, were found dead in a home in suburban Ottawa. The victims were new to Canada from Sri Lanka. The Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs said the father of the family survived and was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. A 19-year-old suspect, Febrio De-Zoysa, was arrested and charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.