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India, Ireland and Canada Hold Joint Commemorations for Air India Flight 182’s 40th Anniversary

Tributes in Cork coupled with ceremonies in New Delhi highlighted calls to strengthen global counterterrorism measures

A man lays a wreath as he pays tribute to the victims on the 40th anniversary of Air India Flight 182 Kanishka bombing, at the Ahakista Memorial in Cork on Monday. (ANI Video Grab)
Union minister Hardeep Puri at a memorial in Cork. (X)
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On Monday, MPs and local representatives were among those who attended the memorial service in Toronto. (HT Photo)

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.