"Rare Mass Murder: Six Sri Lankans Knifed to Death in Canadian Capital"

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"Rare Mass Murder: Six Sri Lankans Knifed to Death in Canadian Capital"
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Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were stabbed to death in Ottawa, Canada, in a rare case of mass murder. The suspect, a 19-year-old male student from Sri Lanka, has been arrested and charged with six counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. The victims were found inside a house in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven, and the police have stated that they had no previous dealings with the suspect or the family. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the incident as a "terrible tragedy," and the Ottawa mayor called it "one of the most shocking incidents of violence in our city's history."

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