Ripudaman Singh Malik.Police announced Wednesday morning that Tanner Fox, 21, and Jose Lopez, 23, have both been charged with Malik’s death.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team will be releasing more details at a news conference at 3 p.m.
PT. Global BC will carry it live.Malik was acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombings.The connection between the accused and Malik is not known at this time.Malik was shot in a Newton neighbourhood of Surrey and later died of his injuries.
Ripudaman Singh Malik, acquitted in 1985 Air India bombing, shot dead in Surrey, B.C. Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted in 2005 of mass murder and conspiracy charges related to the pair of Air India bombings that killed 331 people, mostly from the Toronto and Vancouver areas.The attacks are the largest mass killing in Canadian history, and set off an international investigation that ended in just one person being convicted, and multitudes of criticism aimed at the RCMP and federal agencies.On June 23, 1985, a bomb that had been planted on Air India Flight 182 exploded as the plane was mid-air over the Atlantic Ocean, nearing Ireland.
No one survived, including the 268 Canadians aboard.Two baggage handlers were killed not long after, when a bag exploded at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport as it was being transferred to Air India Flight 301.