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Canadian court rules Iran downing of Ukraine Flight 752 act of terrorism
In this photo taken on Jan 8, 2021, a victim s relative mourns during a commemorative ceremony marking the first anniversary of the downing of flight PS752 in Kyiv, Ukraine.PHOTO: REUTERS
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Canadian court rules Iran’s 2020 downing of Ukrainian flight act of terrorism
21.05.2021
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 Superior Court of Justice of Ontario found that “on a balance of probabilities” two missile strikes on the jetliner shortly after takeoff from Iran’s capital Tehran on January 8, 2020 “were intentional.”
“The plaintiffs,” Justice Edward Belobaba also ruled, “have established that the shooting down of Flight 752 by the defendants was an act of terrorism.”
Lawyers Mark and Jonah Arnold called the decision “unprecedented in Canadian law.”
The shooting down of a Ukrainian Airlines passenger plane over Tehran last January was an intentional act of terrorism, a Canadian court has ruled.
A judgement issued by Ontario s Superior Court of Justice on Thursday declared that the shooting down of Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752 by Iran on January 8, 2020 had been deliberate.
All 176 passengers and crew onboard the plane were killed in the disaster. More than 80 of the passengers were Iranian, 63 were Canadian, three were British, four were Afghan, 10 were Swedish, and three were German.
The plane was downed by two missiles fired by Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) due to what was described by Iran as a technical error.
Ontario's Superior Court of Justice has ruled that the shooting down of a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) passenger plane near Tehran in January 2020 was an intentional act of terrorism. Ukrinform.
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.