Preliminary Inquiry Scheduled in Case of 19-Year-Old Accused of Killing Six in Ottawa

People pay their respects at the funeral service for the victims of a mass stabbing that killed a mother, her four young children and a family friend, in Ottawa on March 17, 2024. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle

Dates for a preliminary inquiry have been set for a 19-year-old former international student accused of killing members of a family he had been living with in an Ottawa suburb.

Febrio De-Zoysa was arrested in early March and charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a 35-year-old Sri Lankan woman and her four children, as well as a family friend.