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Dave Hayer appeals to people to join memorial for Air India bombing victims to be held at Vancouver on June 23
Babushahi Bureau
Vancouver (Canada), June 22, 2024: The memorial for Air India bombing victims is to be held in Vancouver on June 23 at 6:30 pm in Stanley Park's Ceperley Playground area.
Former Surrey-Tynehead MLA Dave S. Hayer shared on his LinkedIn account that the 39th annual memorial for the 331 victims of the Air India terrorist bombings will be held on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 6:30 p.m., in Vancouver.
"This 39th annual observance of the greatest air disaster in Canadian history, the bombing of Flight 182 from Vancouver in 1985 will be held at the Air India Memorial in Stanley Park's Ceperley Playground on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at 6:30pm," said Hayer.
"This memorial will not only remember the 329 victims, including 82 children, of the terrible terrorist bombing of an Air India flight from Canada, but all their family members as well. And it will commemorate the two baggage handlers in Narita, Japan who died when another made-in-BC-bomb, bound for a second Air India flight, exploded prematurely in the airport. Sadly, only one person has been convicted of the bombing that killed 331 civilian, even though known terrorists who were responsible for these bombs were being watched and tape-recorded by Canadian law enforcement agencies before the bombing.”
"These horrendous acts live on in the memories of all family members of the victims and these annual memorial ceremonies continue to remind us all that terrorism has no place in a civilized world and that it must be stamped out at all costs," explained Hayer During Hayer's 12 years from 2001 – 2013 as an MLA, he spoke often in the BC Legislature about the Air India bombing disaster, strengthening the rights of victims and against terrorism.
"Everyone is invited to attend the ceremony, which begins at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Members of the media are also invited to attend but are asked to respect the solemnity of the occasion and the privacy of the families who will be there to grieve over the loss of their loved ones.
The annual memorials of this tragedy are organized by family members of the victims," he informed.