🚨🇨🇦 The Air India 182 Tragedy: A Mechanic’s Suitcase Bombs Killed 329 Innocents While Canada Watched Inderjit Singh Reyat, a car mechanic and electrician living in Duncan, British Columbia, built the deadly bombs in his own garage. He procured dynamite (claiming it was for removing tree stumps), batteries, timers, detonators, and other components. He assembled two sophisticated suitcase bombs, one that would later explode on Air India Flight 182, killing 329 innocent people, and another that detonated at Narita Airport in Japan, killing two baggage handlers. On June 4, 1985, @csiscanada agents followed Reyat and Talwinder Singh Parmar (leader of Babbar Khalsa) into the woods on Vancouver Island. They watched them test one of the explosive devices. The agents heard a loud explosion but mistakenly thought it was gunfire. CSIS had active wiretaps on the suspects, yet critical intelligence was not effectively shared or acted upon. RCMP had received classified warnings about a potential attack on Air India flights for the weekend of June 22-23, 1985. Air India operated weekly flights from Canada, and there had been multiple prior alerts about Sikh extremist threats. Despite this, a cascading series of failures in intelligence sharing, analysis, and security measures between CSIS, RCMP, and other agencies allowed the plot to succeed. This remains Canada’s worst terrorist attack, the deadliest act of aviation terrorism until 9/11. 329 innocent Canadians and passengers lost their lives. Decades later, the threat of Khalistani extremism has not disappeared. Canada-based networks continue to promote violence, fundraise, and operate with concerning freedom, as even recent CSIS reports acknowledge ongoing risks to national security and Canadian interests. Another attack does not feel far from the door. We must learn the real lessons. And we must act decisively now, before history repeats. 📹Credit: @WaliRuchi