Statement from Stephen Tanner, Chief of the Kingston Police:
"While I am pleased to see the verdict finding Mohammad Shafia, Hamed Shafia, Tooba Mohammad Yahya guilty of murder, we need also to be reminded of the four innocent lives that were taken, needlessly and senselessly by their own family members.
There is no place in our Canadian society, or anywhere around our world, where a horrendous murder such as this should not be completely and thoroughly investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. . .
Unfortunately, the Shafia case has highlighted yet another form of Domestic Violence and Domestic Homicide in Canada. We in law enforcement, those involved in the care of children, the court process, judicial review, advocacy groups and in fact all Canadians must learn from this case.
At all time we must do everything we can to protect the most vulnerable in our society."