{"id":22791,"date":"2022-07-15T05:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22791"},"modified":"2022-07-15T05:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:37:21","slug":"man-acquitted-of-bombing-1985-air-india-flight-shot-dead-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/07\/15\/man-acquitted-of-bombing-1985-air-india-flight-shot-dead-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Man acquitted of bombing 1985 Air India flight shot dead in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man acquitted over the bombing of a 1985 Air India flight has been killed in a suspected targeted shooting in Canada, police say.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ripudaman Singh Malik was shot dead in his car in Surrey, British Columbia, and police found a burnt-out vehicle nearby.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Malik denied involvement in the terror attack that killed 329 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was acquitted in 2005 but police were accused of having bungled the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The bombings – widely believed to have been carried out by Canadian-based Sikhs in retaliation for India’s deadly 1984 storming of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion – remain Canada’s deadliest terror attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Following a two-year trial, Mr Malik, a Sikh businessman and co-accused Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted of mass murder and conspiracy charges related to the two bombings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Canadian police have said they are still working to determine the motive behind the targeted killing of Mr Malik.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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