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Air India bomber released from Canadian prison

Published: 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 07:36 pm
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Inderjit Singh Reyat Air India bomber Canada

 

 

 

Ottawa: Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only person ever to be convicted in the 1985 Air India bombings, was released from a Canadian prison Wednesday after serving two decades behind bars.

A spokesman for the Parole Board of Canada confirmed Reyat's statutory release after serving two-thirds of a second sentence for his involvement in two airline attacks that killed 331 people.

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