Febrio De-Zoysa is the suspect accused of stabbing six family members to death in Ottawa. Canada.
Police received 9-1-1 calls at 10:52 p.m. and found six dead – four children and two adults – inside the Barrhaven area residence. The Ottawa police wrote this information.
According to Lethbridge News.Febrio De-Zoysa, a 19-year-old international student, had been living with the family.
The Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit has charged a man in relation to the homicides on Berrigan Dr. that left six people deceased and one person injured, according to a statement from Ottawa police.
Febrio DE-ZOYSA, 19-years-old, has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. He is a Sri Lankan national who is believed to be in Canada as a student. The release says.
The investigation found that an edged weapon was used to cause the deaths and injuries. This was a mass killing, not a mass shooting. Police have not yet released a motive. However, Lethbridge News reported that the suspect was having problems at school and had become suicidal after moving into the family’s basement.
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Lethbridge News reported. The family had recently thrown a birthday party for the accused killer.
The father, who survived, was described as being in “great shock” and said that there was no sign that anything was wrong before the attack occurred, according to Lethbridge News.
Bhante Suneetha, who spoke to the father, told the site that the murderer hit and stabbed him when he opened the door. The father, who is expected to survive, had part of two fingers cut off, and one has been repaired. He also suffered a slash across his face between his nose and his eye and stab wounds to the chest and back, according to Lethbridge News.
Police have identified the victims of last night’s homicide.
Darshani Banbaranayake Gama Walwwe Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake (f), 35-years-old. Her husband was also injured and is in hospital in stable condition.
Tragically, the couple’s children are also deceased. They are:
Inuka Wickramasinghe (m), 7-years-old.
Ashwini Wickramasinghe (f) 4-years-old.
Rinyana Wickramasinghe (f), 2-years-old.
Kelly Wickramasinghe (f), 2 months old.
A sixth man, Amarakoonmubiayansela Ge Gamini Amarakoon, 40, was also found deceased.
According to a later statement from police.Also, found deceased is 40 year old Ge Gamini Amarakoon who is an acquaintance of the family and has been living at the home. He recently arrived in Canada.
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Investigators continue to seek any surveillance, doorbell or dashcam footage from residents, visitors and businesses who may have been in the area at the time of the incident, as stated by the police.
“If you have any information, please get in touch with the Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5493. You can also make an anonymous report by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or visiting crimestoppers.ca.”
Ottawa Police reported that they went to the location after people called 911 to say they heard a man shouting for help.
The police chief gave more information in a statement.
The Ottawa Police Service got two 911 calls from the Berrigan Dr. area at around 10:52 p.m. yesterday, reporting a strange incident where a man was shouting for help and asking people to call 911,” he said. “Our team was sent out right away, and the first officer arrived on the scene a few minutes later.”
As more units arrived, “officers identified a suspect who was swiftly arrested without any trouble. Paramedics were also called and began to arrive,” the statement says.
“Police went into the house to check on the safety of the people inside, and that’s when they began to find the six victims, the youngest of whom is under three months old,” it notes. “The family are newcomers to Canada and are originally from Sri Lanka. We are working to inform the families of the deceased, many of whom are overseas.”
The statement continues: “A man who is the father and husband of the victims was found at the scene and was hurt. He was taken to the hospital, where he is currently in serious but stable condition.”
