“So will Canada also apologize for the Air India disaster?”
That’s a question asked of me by one of the family members of the Air India bombing victims following an official apology made by the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 18 for the Komagata Maru episode.
Air India Flight 182 was bombed mid-air above Irish Sea on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 people aboard.
The crime was blamed on the Sikh separatists based in Vancouver. The suitcase bomb was checked into the flight at Vancouver airport.
Since then, a public inquiry into the incident has established that it was preventable, and some victims’ families want an official apology from our prime minister similar to the one made for an incident that happened more than 100 years ago.
That Air India flights were potential target of terror attack became apparent in the aftermath of ugly political events that took place in India in 1984.
That year, the Indian army attacked the Golden Temple Complex, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, in Amritsar to flush out religious extremists who had stockpiled weapons in this place of worship.
The invasion left many innocent pilgrims dead and buildings inside the complex heavily destroyed. The military operation alienated Sikhs from the Indian mainstream and there were angry protests across the world.
Sikh demonstrators vandalized Indian consulate in Vancouver. And Sikh militants called for revenge and made a public appeal to boycott Air India flights.
10/06/16 Gurpreet Singh/Straight
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That’s a question asked of me by one of the family members of the Air India bombing victims following an official apology made by the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 18 for the Komagata Maru episode.
Air India Flight 182 was bombed mid-air above Irish Sea on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 people aboard.
The crime was blamed on the Sikh separatists based in Vancouver. The suitcase bomb was checked into the flight at Vancouver airport.
Since then, a public inquiry into the incident has established that it was preventable, and some victims’ families want an official apology from our prime minister similar to the one made for an incident that happened more than 100 years ago.
That Air India flights were potential target of terror attack became apparent in the aftermath of ugly political events that took place in India in 1984.
That year, the Indian army attacked the Golden Temple Complex, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, in Amritsar to flush out religious extremists who had stockpiled weapons in this place of worship.
The invasion left many innocent pilgrims dead and buildings inside the complex heavily destroyed. The military operation alienated Sikhs from the Indian mainstream and there were angry protests across the world.
Sikh demonstrators vandalized Indian consulate in Vancouver. And Sikh militants called for revenge and made a public appeal to boycott Air India flights.
10/06/16 Gurpreet Singh/Straight
