6 dead including 4 children in Ottawa mass killing
A mother and her four children, all newcomers to Canada from Sri Lanka, and a sixth person have been identified as those killed in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven Wednesday night. The children's father was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.
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![Forensic investigators and other Ottawa police officers stand outside a townhouse in the suburb of Barrhaven on March 7, 2024, where six people were killed and another was injured in a mass shooting overnight. Police at a scene.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7136418.1709816815!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ottawa-police-mass-shooting-berrigan-drive-ottawa-march-7.jpg)
A mother and her four children, all newcomers to Canada from Sri Lanka, and a sixth person have been identified as those killed in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven Wednesday night. The children's father was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.