On March 6, 2024, the Wickramasinghe family, Sri Lankan immigrants, were fatally stabbed inside of their house in Barrhaven, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The surviving victim was the father of the family, while those killed included his wife and four children, aged seven, four, three years, and the youngest two months.

[4] The two oldest children were in grade two and junior kindergarten at Monsignor Paul Baxter School.

[5] The student arrested in connection with the event appeared in court on the afternoon of March 7.

[5] Mark Sutcliffe, the mayor of Ottawa, called the event "one of the most shocking incidents of violence in our city's history.