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Originally Posted by activeStick
Very sad news. Spoke to a few of my friends who live in Ottawa. Press conference is on now. The victims are newcomers to Canada, from Sri Lanka. A 19-year old male Frank D'souza (sp?) has been arrested and charged with 6 counts of 2nd degree murder.
Edit - Also, to correct OP and the quote from the article, they confirmed that it was not a mass shooting, a gun was not used. A sharp, edged weapon was.
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CBC said the person arrested is Febrio De-Zoysa, also a Sri Lankan national in Canada as a student.
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Febrio De-Zoysa, 19, is charged with six counts of first-degree murder. Police said he is a Sri Lankan national who is believed to be in Canada as a student. The suspect was arrested at the scene about 15 kilometres south of Ottawa's downtown core.
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