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This has some historical backdrop around anti-India terrorists/freedom fighters operating in Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182#Backgroun...

>Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi–Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, it was operated using Boeing 747-237B registered VT-EFO. The aircraft suffered a catastrophic decompression mid-air en route from Montreal to London, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m) over the Atlantic Ocean as a result of an explosion from a bomb planted by terrorists.[1][2] The remnants of the aircraft fell into the sea approximately 190 kilometres (120 miles) off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people aboard, including 268 Canadian citizens, 27 British citizens, and 24 Indian citizens.[3] The bombing of Air India Flight 182 is the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history, the deadliest aviation incident in the history of Air India, and was the world's deadliest act of aviation terrorism until the September 11 attacks in 2001

The alleged perpetuators were let go after a lengthy and costly trial in 2005.

> Wiretaps by Canada’s intelligence agency had been erased before they could be used as evidence

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/world/canada/canada-india...

>Canada's security agency destroyed wiretapping evidence on suspects in the 1985 Air India bombing as part of a "default" policy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/erasing-wiretap-evidence-was-...

I guess the 268 Canadian citizens killed were all or mostly of South Asian origin.


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