Canada remembers victims of Kanishka bombing on its 36th anniversary

Jun 24, 2021

Toronto, Canada (ANI) June 24, 2021: Family members of the victims of the 1985 mid-air bombing of Air India flight 182 marked the 36th anniversary of the worst terror attack in Canada’s history with visits to memorials and through online events on Wednesday. Indian officials also laid wreathe at memorials in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. On June 23, 1985, Air India’s Boeing aircraft, named Kanishka, was heading from Montreal to London when it exploded at around 31,000 feet off the Irish coast as a bomb planted inside the plane by Khalistani terrorists went off. The attack claimed 329 lives. The terror attack is recognised in Canada as a National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism. The commemorative services took place under the shadow of a recent revival of the pro-Khalistan movement in Canada. There is a widespread feeling among Canadians, particularly South Asian Canadians that Canadian Governments’ action against this terrorism could have been different if the victims were white Canadians.