A Teenager Kills One Family in Canada
- VIVA.co.id/Natania Longdong
Canada – Police in Ottawa on Thursday said a 19-year-old man has been arrested following the deaths of two adults and four children at a house in Canada, in what authorities called a tragic and complex investigation.
Febrio Dezoysa, 19, was charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, Ottawa Police said in a statement Thursday.
The suspect is a Sri Lankan national who is believed to be in Canada as a student.
Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs said Thursday that investigators found an edged weapon that was allegedly used in the killings.
Ilustrasi pembunuhan.
- Istimewa.
"To be clear, this was a mass killing, not a mass shooting," Stubbs said.
Police have identified one of the adult victims as 35-year-old Darshani Banbaranayake Gama Walwwe Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake. Her husband was also injured and is hospitalized in stable condition.
The couple's four children — ranging in age from 2 months old to 7 years old — were also found dead, police said.
Another man, Amarakoonmubiayansela Ge Gamini Amarakoon, 40, was also killed.Â
"I want to emphasize this was a senseless act of violence perpetrated on purely innocent people," Stubbs remarked.
Sri Lanka's high commission in Ottawa said the victims were a family of Sri Lankan nationals.
The high commission said that it is in touch with relatives in the country's capital of Colombo. The high commission said that police are investigating the incident and they have nothing to share with media at this moment.
Police were called to the home in the Barrhaven area at around 11 p.m. Wednesday night.
A suspect was arrested quickly after that, and police said there was no continued threat to public safety.
Stubbs told local radio stations earlier that police do not believe the deaths were the result of domestic or intimate partner violence, but that they're also still trying to determine the relationship between the suspect and the victims.
