Last Published: Fri, May 25 2018. 12 33 PM IST
The blast occurred at the Bombay Bhel restaurant in Toronto just after 10:30 pm. Photo: Twitter/@Matt-White79
Toronto: Two unidentified men walked into an Indian restaurant on Thursday in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, and then fleeing, local police said.
Reacting to the news, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said that Indian embassy in Canada is working round the clock after a blast at an Indian restaurant in Ontario province. Swaraj said she was in constant touch with India’s consul general in Toronto and the high commissioner in Canada.
“There is a blast in Indian restaurant Bombay Bhel in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. I am in constant touch with our Consul General in Toronto and Indian High Commissioner in Canada. Our missions will work round the clock. The Emergency number is : +1-647-668-4108,” she tweeted.
The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 pm 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.
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 hoodie 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 hoodie 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 plowed 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.
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