Police have identified the victims of a mass killing in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven as a Sri Lankan newcomer family, including a mother, four children and a 40-year-old acquaintance who was living in the home. Six people including a mother, her four young children and a family acquaintance were killed inside a townhouse in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven late Wednesday night. WATCH | How police responded to the crime: Ottawa police identify victims in mass killing Duration 4:37 Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs says the youngest of the six people killed in Barrhaven was less than three months old. Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on March 7, 2024. My community has woken up to shock, grief and tragedy today as 6 people, including four children, have been murdered.
