Inderjit Singh Reyat, Air India bomb-maker, gets out 30 years later

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Inderjit Singh Reyat, Air India bomb-maker, gets out 30 years later
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reyat-parole-air-india-analysis-1.3421505

In the mafia, it's called omerta — the code of silence. Thirty years on, that code means still more bitter medicine for the Air India families.

Once again, the bomb-maker is getting out and, once again, he is keeping his mouth shut, offering just enough tactical repentance to ensure his release — and no more. He is Inderjit Singh Reyat, convicted three times but still the only man convicted at all in Canada's worst-ever mass murder. Until Sept. 11, the bombing of Air India on June 23, 1985, was the deadliest terrorist attack anywhere, ever.

A mechanic from Punjab, living on Vancouver Island, Reyat bought the dynamite, the detonators and the batteries that took the lives of 329 passengers on Air India's Flight 182, which left from Toronto, stopped in Montreal and exploded over the coast of Ireland on its way to Heathrow Airport in London. A second bomb blew up nearly simultaneously, killing two Japanese baggage handlers as they transferred it to another Air India flight leaving Narita International Airport in Tokyo. Both bombs originated in Vancouver. The passengers who checked them in never boarded. The plan was to produce two spectacular massacres, one on each side of the globe.

In total, 331 innocents died that day. Most were Canadians. Dozens were children. Whole families were wiped out.

 

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30 years doesn't seem long enough. Released after serving 2/3 of sentence. 2 manslaughters and 1 perjury.

One of the "greatest" mass murders in history(?).

Yes America. Canada knows the toll of terrorism. Betting this whole thing is news to many here.

 

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30 years doesn't seem long enough. Released after serving 2/3 of sentence. 2 manslaughters and 1 perjury.

One of the "greatest" mass murders in history(?).

Yes America. Canada knows the toll of terrorism. Betting this whole thing is news to many here.

Perhaps a group of men with a rope will deal out justice, now that he is back on the street.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182

Canada will not extradite if suspect facing death penalty. India should have lied to us. Or put him in some hell hole he would have died in.

Not likely. While 30 years for one of the worst terror attacks the world has ever seen may not be an adequate prison sentence, it's still 30 years ago. Parents of victims might be dying off by now. And humans have short memories.

Sikhs are monotheists so we can hope they have a hell and he will roast in it.

If he had succeeded in bring down two planes at once maybe he would be remembered.

Maybe it is best he just fades away into obscurity. If there is justice in the world he will die alone sick and dead poor.

Unfortunately he came to Canada as a child (13Y) so stripping of citizenship and deporting may not be right. Canada should take responsibility of having him as a citizen and deal with him ourselves.

I doubt he could ever leave the country. India wants him dead. The US would probably arrest and extradite him to India. I doubt even our liberal bleeding heart gov would say much if they did.

People like him make me question my anti-death penalty stance though. No doubt as to his crime, his sanity or the massive numbers of dead.