People lay flowers and light candles at park near the crime scene at Berrigan Drive in Ottawa on March 7, 2024.
A man who died alongside five members of a family in a mass killing in Ottawa's Barrhaven neighbourhood on Wednesday is said to have been supporting his own family in Sri Lanka.CBC NewsPeople lay flowers and light candles at park near the crime scene at Berrigan Drive in Ottawa on Thursday. A man who died alongside five members of a family in a mass killing in Ottawa's Barrhaven neighbourhood on Wednesday is said to have been supporting his own family in Sri Lanka.
Flowers sit at the scene where six people were found dead late Wednesday in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa. Naradha Kodituwakku, a community leader at the Hilda Jayewardenaramaya Buddhist Monastery, where the Wickramasinghe family were members, said he believed Amarakoon had moved to Canada two months ago.He said the temple and High Commission are both working to support Amarakoon's family in Sri Lanka.
She and the children — daughters Kelly, who was two months old; Ranaya, 3; and Ashwini, 4, and son Inuka, 7 — were all killed on Wednesday."They are innocent and also very helpful people. It doesn't matter for help from them." A court sketch Febrio De-Zoysa, 19, who has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
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