Canadian police says probe into 1985 Kanishka bombing, which killed 329, remains ‘active, ongoing’

Asserting that the impacts of the bombing “have not diminished with time” he said that the trauma it caused has impacted generations.

Investigations into the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 remain “active and ongoing”, the Canadian police have said, terming it the “longest” and one of the “most complex domestic terrorism” probes, ahead of the deadly bombing’s 39th-anniversary memorial.

The Montreal-New Delhi Air India ‘Kanishka’ Flight 182 exploded 45 minutes before it was to have landed at London’s Heathrow Airport on June 23, 1985, killing all 329 people on board, most of them Canadians of Indian descent.

In a statement on Friday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Assistant Commissioner David Teboul called the bombing the “greatest terror-related loss of life involving and affecting Canadians” in the country’s history as he offered “deepest sympathies, understanding and support to the families of the victims”.

“The Air India investigation is the longest and certainly one of the most complex domestic terrorism investigations that the RCMP has undertaken in our history,” Teboul said. “Our investigative efforts remain active and ongoing,” he said.

Asserting that the impacts of the bombing “have not diminished with time” he said that the trauma it caused has impacted generations.

“We must never forget those innocent lives lost to this tragedy and other acts of terrorism,” he said.