Overview

• India, Ireland and Canada convened in Cork and held a first-ever joint ceremony in New Delhi to honour the 329 victims of the June 23, 1985 bombing.
• The attack by Babbar Khalsa extremists remains the deadliest act of aviation terrorism before the 9/11 attacks, claiming all lives aboard the Boeing 747.
• At Cork’s Ahakista Memorial, Hardeep Singh Puri, Micheál Martin and Gary Anandasangaree urged deeper intelligence-sharing and the shutdown of funding channels for terrorist groups.
• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed the bombing as the deadliest terrorist attack in Canada’s history and pledged enhanced efforts to combat violent extremism.
• An Angus Reid Institute survey found that 59% of Canadians know only the main details of the tragedy and 65% support teaching the bombing in schools to address public ignorance.