Two men set off bomb in restaurant in Canada; 15 wounded

 

A police officer walks in front of Bombay Bhel restaurant, where two unidentified men set off a bomb late Thursday night, wounding more than a dozen people, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant on Thursday in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, local police said.

 

The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 p.m local time. Fifteen people were taken to hospital, three of them with critical injuries, the Peel Regional Paramedic Service said in a Tweet.

 

The two male suspects fled after detonating their improvised explosive device, Peel Regional Police said in a Tweet. No one has claimed responsibility, and the motive for the attack was not known.

 

The men entered the restaurant and set down what appeared to be a paint can or pail, which exploded after they fled, Sergeant Matt Bertram told the New York Times. The bomb was filled with "projectable objects," he said.

 

Police posted a photograph on Twitter showing two people with dark zip-up hoodies walking into an establishment. One appeared to be carrying an object.

 

Peel Police said one suspect was in his mid-20s, stocky, and wore dark blue jeans and a dark zip-up hoody pulled over his head, with black cloth covering his face. The second was thin, and wore faded blue jeans, a grey t-shirt and a dark zip-up hoody over his head, also with his face covered.

 

Roads in the area were closed and a large police presence was at the scene, with heavily armed tactical officers arriving as part of the large emergency response, local media reported.

 

The attack in Mississauga comes a month after a driver ploughed his white Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd in Toronto, killing 10 people and injuring 15.

 

Mississauga is Canada's sixth-largest city, with a population of 700,000 people, situated on Lake Ontario about 20 miles (32 km) west of Toronto. Bombay Bhel is an Indian restaurant chain in the metro area of Mississauga.

 

India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said in a tweet that the she was in constant touch with the Consul General in Toronto and the Indian High Commissioner in Canada and that the missions would work round the clock.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-05-26

This could be a Tamil attack not Muslim. Canada has possibly the biggest population of Tamil [Tiger] outside SriLanka.There are tens ot thousands in Canada.The biggest  [Tamil]human traffickers are based in Toronto and have Canadian citizenship.

52 minutes ago, lanista said:

This could be a Tamil attack not Muslim. Canada has possibly the biggest population of Tamil [Tiger] outside SriLanka.There are tens ot thousands in Canada.The biggest  [Tamil]human traffickers are based in Toronto and have Canadian citizenship.

Tamil, Muslim, whatever.

They are given refuge, paid by taxpayers, and say thank you with terror.

Maybe the west should send them back?

49 minutes ago, hansnl said:

Tamil, Muslim, whatever.

They are given refuge, paid by taxpayers, and say thank you with terror.

Maybe the west should send them back?

They will never be sent back to Srilanka or the Arab world because the Canadian gov gives them citizenship.

They all travel on legitimate Canadian passports.  Ive seen them here in Bangkok. There used to be an apartment complex  near Klongsan  full of them.

Tamils are no way near as dangerous as the muslims but Tamils do alot of damage to Canada through trafficking . The government does nothing.

Edited May 26, 20188 yr by lanista

1 hour ago, lanista said:

This could be a Tamil attack not Muslim. Canada has possibly the biggest population of Tamil [Tiger] outside SriLanka.There are tens ot thousands in Canada.The biggest  [Tamil]human traffickers are based in Toronto and have Canadian citizenship.

Why would Tamils attack an Indian restaurant? Most likely it's run by their fellow Hindus. It's the Sinhalese Buddhists they have a beef with.