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Associated Press

An explosion caused by an “improvised explosive device” ripped through an Indian restaurant in a shopping centre in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, wounding 15 people, Canadian police said.
Peel Region Sergeant Matt Bertram said two suspects with their faces covered entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant late on Thursday, dropped some sort of home-made device and fled.
“We have no indication to call it a hate crime or any kind of terrorism act,” Bertram said.
Peel Region paramedic Joe Korstanje said three people suffered critical injuries and were taken to the hospital while the remaining 12 victims suffered what he described as minor and superficial injuries.
Police later updated the condition of the three critically injured patients to stable.

The explosion happened just after 10:30pm on Thursday, and the plaza where the restaurant is located was still sealed off on Friday.
“Nothing was said by these individuals,” Bertram said. “It appears they just went in, dropped off this device, and took off right away.”
Bertram said they could not say what the device was yet but said it was filled with “projectable objects”.
“Different callers called in and said it was firecrackers or some said gunshot sort of noises. I don’t think it was an explosion that was rocking anything,” he said. “Until we can get in there and analyse the material after the search warrant we won’t be able to say what it was.”

Andre Larrivee, who lives in a nearby condo, said he was watching television and heard a loud explosion
“It was really loud,” he said, comparing the noise to an electric generator that exploded at a nearby building site recently.
Police asked for the public’s help and released a photo of the suspects, with dark hoodies pulled over their heads and their faces covered.

Peel Region police, in a tweet, described the first suspect as in his mid-20s, 1.78 to 1.82 metres tall with a stocky build, wearing dark blue jeans, a dark zip-up hoodie and a baseball cap with a light grey peak.
The second suspect is described as a little shorter with a thin build, wearing faded blue jeans, a dark zip-up hoodie pulled over his head, grey T-shirt and dark coloured skate shoes.
Hours after the incident, the Indian consulate in Toronto tweeted it had opened a helpline for those seeking help following the explosion. Vikas Swarup, India’s high commissioner to Canada, tweeted that the consul general in Toronto visited the injured in hospital. He also said that the three Indian-Canadians who were reported to be critically injured are stable.
The restaurant describes itself online as an authentic, yet casual, Indian dining experience. Police said the plaza would be sealed off all night.
Additional reporting by Reuters


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Two suspects sought after bombing at Ontario restaurant injures 15 people

Two suspects enter the glass doorway of the Bombay Bhel Indian restaurant in Mississauga, Toronto, Canada. Photo: AP

Police officers stand in front of the Bombay Bhel restaurant, where two unidentified men set off a bomb late Thursday night, wounding more than a dozen people, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

A woman is loaded into an ambulance after an explosion at a restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario, on Thursday night. Photo: CTV News

A police car is parked in front of shattered glass at the Bombay Bhel restaurant, where two unidentified men set off a bomb late Thursday night, wounding more than a dozen people, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

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Security footage released by police shows two people in masks walking into the Bombay Bhel Indian restaurant just before the blast on Thursday night


Two suspects sought after bombing at Ontario restaurant injures 15 people

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Security footage released by police shows two people in masks walking into the Bombay Bhel Indian restaurant just before the blast on Thursday night

Security footage released by police shows two people in masks walking into the Bombay Bhel Indian restaurant just before the blast on Thursday night