“My ideas are with their households,” S Jaishankar wrote (File)
Ottawa, Canada:
The Indian missions in Canadian capital Ottawa and Toronto metropolis on Sunday marked the thirty ninth anniversary of the 1985 Kanishka bombing during which 329 individuals, together with 86 kids, on board an Air India misplaced their lives in some of the heinous terror-related air disasters within the historical past of civil aviation.
Excessive Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma paid homage to the victims of Air India flight 182 Kanishka on the thirty ninth anniversary of the “cowardly terrorist bombing”, the Excessive Fee in Ottawa posted on X together with a collection of images from the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, Mr Verma stated, “No authorities on the planet ought to overlook the specter of terrorism emanating from its territories for political features. Human lives are way more essential than the transitory political pursuits. All terrorist actions needs to be met with exemplary authorized and social actions, earlier than they begin harming the bigger humanity. Governments, safety companies, and worldwide organisations should work in live performance to dismantle terrorist networks, disrupt their financing, and counter their twisted ideologies.”
Excessive Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma paid homage to the victims of Air India flight 182 Kanishka in Ottawa in the present day on the thirty ninth anniversary of the cowardly terrorist bombing during which 329 harmless victims together with 86 kids, misplaced their lives.
Addressing the gathering, Excessive… pic.twitter.com/iL4bpg86vh
— India in Canada (@HCI_Ottawa) June 23, 2024
Members of the family and pals of the victims, Canadian authorities officers, together with Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner, Eire envoy and greater than 150 members of the Indo-Canadian neighborhood attended the solemn event, the Excessive Fee stated.
“India shares the sorrow and ache of the victims’ close to & expensive ones. India stands on the forefront of countering the menace of terrorism and works intently with all nations to sort out this world menace,” it stated.
The Montreal-New Delhi Air India ‘Kanishka’ Flight 182 exploded 45 minutes earlier than it was presupposed to land at London’s Heathrow Airport on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 folks on board, most of them Canadians of Indian descent.
The bombing was blamed on Sikh separatists in retaliation to ‘Operation Bluestar’ to flush out separatists from the Golden Temple in 1984.
The Indian mission in Toronto additionally marked the day.
“Consul Common Siddhartha Nath laid a wreath on the Air India 182 memorial, Humber Park, Etobicoke in solemn remembrance of the 329 victims of the terrorist bombing of AI 182 on today, 39 years in the past,” the Consulate Common of India in Toronto posted on X together with {a photograph}.
In one other submit on X, the mission stated the Consul Common additionally attended the memorial service held at Queen’s Park Toronto for the victims and met with the bereaved households.
“In his remarks he highlighted the significance of unified world efforts to fight terrorism and standing agency towards its glorification,” it stated, sharing a collection of images.
Earlier within the day, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in a submit on X paid his homage to the reminiscence of the 329 victims of AI 182 ‘Kanishka’ who had been killed on today in 1985.
“Right this moment marks the thirty ninth anniversary of one of many worst acts of terrorism in historical past,” he stated.
Right this moment marks the thirty ninth anniversary of one of many worst acts of terrorism in historical past.
Pay my homage to the reminiscence of the 329 victims of AI 182 ‘Kanishka’ who had been killed today in 1985. My ideas are with their households.
The anniversary is a reminder why terrorism ought to…
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) June 23, 2024
“My ideas are with their households. The anniversary is a reminder why terrorism ought to by no means be tolerated,” Mr Jaishankar wrote.
On Friday, the Canadian police stated the investigations into the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 stay “energetic and ongoing”, terming it the “longest” and one of many “most complicated home terrorism” probes.
In a press release, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Assistant Commissioner David Teboul known as the bombing the “biggest terror-related lack of life involving and affecting Canadians” within the nation’s historical past as he provided “deepest sympathies, understanding and assist to the households of the victims”.
“The Air India investigation is the longest and positively some of the complicated home terrorism investigations that the RCMP has undertaken in our historical past,” Teboul stated. “Our investigative efforts stay energetic and ongoing,” he stated.
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