Ottawa police identify father believed to be responsible for double-murder suicide
Police say the 40-year-old man was linked to fires at his dental practice and a vehicle lot before investigators found the boys dead.
- On Monday, 40-year-old Mohammed Al-Lami killed his two sons, aged seven and 12, in a south Ottawa home before dying by suicide in a Kemptville vehicle fire, according to the Ottawa Police Service.
- Al-Lami was on probation for threatening to cause bodily harm to his ex-wife in 2024; Justice Norman Boxall noted during an April 10 proceeding that he sent an email containing "an explicit threat."
- Investigators are linking the deaths to a business fire in Iroquois and a vehicle fire near Highway 416, while also probing the firebombing of Al-Lami's dental practice in a nearby village.
- The Ottawa Police Service "recognizes the community's desire for answers" but says forensic examinations remain ongoing; the force is supporting the mother "as she grieves this unimaginable loss" while withholding the children's names.
- If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 for the Suicide Crisis Helpline in Canada; for immediate help in an emergency, please call 911.
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Le Journal de MontrealThe identity of the alleged father responsible for the death of two children, found dead in a residence in Ottawa on Monday, has been made public.
Police identify father responsible for double murder-suicide
Ottawa police believe they have identified the man responsible for the deaths of two boys who were killed in a double murder-suicide. Their father, 40-year-old Mohammed Al-Lami, was found dead, and is believed to have caused the death of his two boys. Out of respect for their mother, the names of the two boys will […]
'I will kill everyone around you': Threat to ex by father in double murder-suicide emerges
Police have identified the man who is believed to have killed his seven- and 12-year-old sons in his south Ottawa home and firebombed his dental practice in a nearby village before dying by suicide in a vehicle fire on Monday, as details of his threat to cause bodily harm to his ex-wife come to light.
The Ottawa Police Service decided to reveal the identity of the father suspected of killing his two children, 7 years old and 12 years old, in Ottawa.
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