Ottawa: Four children among six found dead in house - BBC News

Police said one arrest had been made and there was no immediate threat to public safety.

18 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ottawa police said one arrest had been madeBy Johanna ChisholmBBC NewsCanadian police are treating the deaths of four children and two adults at a house in Ottawa as homicides.

Officers were responding to an emergency call placed at approximately 22:52 local time (03:52 GMT) on Wednesday when they found the six people.

Ottawa police chief Eric Stubbs has described the incident as a "mass shooting".

Police said one male suspect had been arrested.

"This is a tragic and complex investigation," the force said in a statement early on Thursday morning.

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