A bombing occurred at the Hurontario and Eglinton Bombay Bhel restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on May 24, 2018, just before 10:32 pm. The restaurant is located in a shopping plaza along Hurontario Street, a main north-south thoroughfare in Mississauga, at the intersection with Eglinton Avenue.
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Two men, still at large and unidentified, are suspected of detonating an improvised explosive device inside the flagship location of Bombay Bhel, a regional Indian restaurant chain. The explosion injured 15 of the 40 people inside the restaurant at the time. The victims were between the ages of 23 and 69, most of whom were attending two birthday parties being hosted in the restaurant. Three of the injured were sent to the trauma centre at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in critical condition. They were later reported to be in a stable condition and released the next day.
Peel Regional Police said surveillance photographs show the men wearing jeans and dark-coloured hoodies, one with a black cloth over his face. The on-site police investigation at the restaurant ended on May 28, 2018; however, the restaurant's management said it would remain closed to customers until further notice.
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Bonnie Crombie, the Mayor of Mississauga, called the attack "heinous" and expressed support for the victims. The bombing was also condemned by the leaders of all three major provincial political parties: Premier of Ontario and Liberal Party leader Kathleen Wynne, Progressive Conservative Party leader Doug Ford, and New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath. Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau also condemned the attack and wished a speedy recovery to the victims. Navdeep Bains, the Member of Parliament for Mississauga--Malton (which includes where the bombing occurred), called for the community to come together for support and comfort in the wake of the attack.
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj wrote that she and her office are "in constant touch with the Consul General in Toronto and the Indian High Commissioner in Canada" and the diplomatic missions would "work round the clock." Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh issued a statement that condemned the bombing as a "dastardly" attack and added that "the incident, which comes just a month after 10 pedestrians were mowed to death by a van driver in Toronto, has once again highlighted the global dimensions of terrorism."
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