Ottawa Police Service says the homicide unit has been called in after six people, including children, were found dead at a home on Berrigan Drive in Barrhaven on Wednesday night.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.WATCH: The six people – including four children and two adults – found dead inside a home in suburban Ottawa from a “mass killing” were new to Canada from Sri Lanka, police said on Thursday. The youngest victim was just two-and-a-half months old, according to authorities.
Sri Lanka’s High Commission in Ottawa confirmed to Global News that the two adult victims are Sri Lankan nationals.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the six deaths as a “terrible tragedy.” “ absolutely horrifying,” said Mayson LeBlanc who lives near the scene and saw officers with flashlights searching the area.
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