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“Canadian govt unequivocally stands in opposition to terrorism”: PM Mark Carney calls Kanishka bombing “deadliest assault” in Canada’s historical past


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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has described the Air India 182 Kanishka bombing because the “deadliest assault” within the nation’s historical past and mentioned that the Canadian authorities “unequivocally stands in opposition to terrorism.”

In a publish on X, Carney said, “40 years in the past, Canada confronted the deadliest terrorist assault in its historical past. At the moment, we mourn the 268 Canadian victims of the Air India bombing and all who’ve been killed in acts of terrorism — a sombre reminder of our dedication to combat violent extremism and preserve Canadians protected.”

On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 was blown up by the Canada-based Khalistterrorist group Babbar Khalsa close to Cork, ensuing within the deaths of all 329 passengers on board.

Mark Carney expressed Canada’s dedication to work with its allies and companions to detect, stop and reply to the specter of terrorism and violent extremism.

In a press release on the Nationwide Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism, Carney said, “As we mark the Nationwide Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism, we bear in mind the victims of the Air India bombing and all others who’ve misplaced their lives to terrorism. Canada will proceed to work with our allies and companions, at residence and world wide, to raised detect, stop, and reply to the specter of terrorism and violent extremism.”


“Canada’s new authorities unequivocally stands in opposition to terrorism, and we’ll ship on our mandate of change to maintain communities protected,” he added. Canada’s Conservative Get together chief, Pierre Poilievre, known as the Kanishka bombing “the worst mass homicide” in historical past. He expressed the Conservative Get together’s dedication to defeating terrorism, defending the harmless, and upholding freedom. “At the moment we bear in mind the 329 harmless lives misplaced within the Air India Flight 182 bombing–most of them Canadians. It stays the worst mass homicide in our historical past. On the Nationwide Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism, we bear in mind these souls and resolve to combat terrorism at residence and overseas, in all its types. Canada’s Conservatives will all the time be dedicated to defeating terrorism, defending the harmless and upholding freedom,” Poilievre posted on X.

On Monday, Canada’s Minister of Public Security, Gary Anandasangaree, joined Union Minister of Petroleum and Pure Fuel Hardeep Singh Puri and Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin to pay tribute to the Kanishka victims on the Ahakista Memorial in Eire. In the course of the occasion, the three leaders laid a wreath on the Ahakiska Memorial to pay homage to the victims.

In the course of the occasion, the Mayor of the County of Cork, Councillor Joe Carroll, laid a wreath on the Ahakista Memorial in Cork. Individuals in giant numbers have been current to pay tribute to the victims of the Kanishka bombing. College college students additionally paid musical tribute to victims on the Ahakista Memorial in Cork.