Victims of Ottawa Mass Stabbing Threw Birthday Party for Alleged Killer Just Days Ago

A family slain in a stabbing spree at an Ottawa home late on Mar. 6 threw a birthday party for their alleged killer just days ago, says a religious leader who knew them. The father who survived the attack, which killed his wife and four children, was in “great shock” on Mar 7, said Bhante Suneetha. The resident monk at Hilda Jayewardenaramaya Buddhist Monastery, which the family attended, said he visited his friend at the hospital. He told Mr. Suneetha that nothing seemed “wrong” in the lead-up to the rampage, the monk said. “They (even) helped him to celebrate,” he told The Canadian Press in an interview. “They organized a celebration of his nineteenth birthday last week, a few days ago.”...