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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Most of the 329 people killed aboard the flight were from the Toronto area.
In 1998, Hayer was shot dead, which made his affidavit inadmissible in court.
Most Sikhs condemned the act as the work of fanatics; still, the bloody anti-Sikh riots that broke out across India after the assassination refuelled the anger of many.
Following is a list of people aboard Air-India Flight 182, which crashed into the sea off the Irish coast yesterday. The list was made public by the airline, and relatives provided additional information. Parents and children are sometimes listed as one passenger, and the number does not add up to 329, although Air-India in London said there were 307 passengers and 22 crew members aboard the flight.
He said the victims included 86 children; 29 families were completely wiped out – both spouses and all children killed; 32 persons were left alone – their spouse and all children were killed; six couples lost all their children; two children lost both parents.
However, the authors emphasized that the vast majority of the victims were Hindus from southern Ontario, whereas the perpetrators were extremist Sikhs from British Columbia.
They flew out of Montreal in the early hours (UTC) of 23 June 1985, on Air India Flight 182.
At the weekend memorials, Sikh activists carrying signs promoting the conspiracy theory that India was involved in the bombing set up directly behind the victims' families, sometimes clashing with mourners.
Militant Sikhs are seeking to avenge the Golden Temple attack and a wave of anti-Sikh rioting by Hindus last November following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, mother of the present Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)He said the victims included 86 children; 29 families were completely wiped out – both spouses and all children killed; 32 persons were left alone – their spouse and all children were killed; six couples lost all their children; two children lost both parents.
However, the authors emphasized that the vast majority of the victims were Hindus from southern Ontario, whereas the perpetrators were extremist Sikhs from British Columbia.
Most of the 329 people killed aboard the flight were from the Toronto area.
They flew out of Montreal in the early hours (UTC) of 23 June 1985, on Air India Flight 182.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)In 1998, Hayer was shot dead, which made his affidavit inadmissible in court.