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Sri Lankan family murdered in Ottawa identified; teen suspect arrested The victims during a birthday party (File photo) Source:Island 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. During a media briefing Thursday afternoon, Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs said there were initially two calls to 911 around 10:52 p.m. Wednesday. He said first responders arrived within minutes to the home on Berrigan Drive, near Palmadeo Drive, a residential area close to two schools. Police have identified five of the victims as a family of newcomers to Canada from Sri Lanka. They are: • Darshani Dilanthika Ekanayake (35-year-old mother) • Inuka Wickramasinghe (7-year-old son) • Ashwini Wickramasinghe (4-year-old daughter) • Rinyana Wickramasinghe (2-year-old daughter) • Kelly Wickramasinghe (2-month-old daughter) Police said Ekanayake’s husband was injured and is currently in hospital in ...

Sri Lankan family of six dead, including four children, at Barrhaven home; one person arrested By Upali Obeyesekere – Reporting from Toronto, Canada ( With files from Canadian Media Outlets) Source:-TIMES OF SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL 365 Six people, including four children, were found dead late Wednesday at a home on Berrigan Drive in Barrhaven, Ottawa police confirmed Thursday. Police have charged a 19-year-old with six counts of murder after five members of the same family were massacred in ‘the largest murder in recent memory’ in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa, Canada’s capital. Police have identified one of the adult victims as 35-year-old Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake. Her husband The father and husband, who has been identified as Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, was found injured at the scene. He remained in hospital in serious, but stable condition as of mid-afternoon Thursday. Wickramasinghe was found at the scene, and was injured. He was rushed to ...