Canadian court rules Iran downing of Ukraine Flight 752 'act of terrorism'

May 21, 2021 8:29 AMOTTAWA: A Canadian court on Thursday ruled that the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was deliberate and an “act of terrorism,” paving the way for possible compensation for victims’ families.

“The plaintiffs”, Justice Edward Belobaba also ruled, “have established that the shooting down of Flight 752 by the defendants was an act of terrorism”.“It is significant for the impact it will have on immediate surviving family members seeking justice,” they said in a statement. They claimed the strikes were “Iran’s retaliation” for the US killing of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force near Baghdad Airport in Iraq days earlier.

Ukraine, which lost 11 citizens in the disaster, said the report was “a cynical attempt to hide true causes” of the tragedy, while Canada said it contained “no hard facts or evidence” and pledged to soon release the results of its own investigation.

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