A powerful explosion at an Indian restaurant in Canada’s Ontario province injured 15 people, three of them seriously, when two unidentified men detonated an improvised explosive device, police said on Friday.
Two suspects with their faces covered entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant late last night, dropped the device and fled, police said. In an early morning media briefing, Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans said that there is no indication that the explosion was an act of terrorism or hate crime.
“There is no indication that this is a terrorism act. There is no indication that this is a hate crime at this time. We haven’t ruled anything out as we start our investigation,” Evans was quoted as saying by the Canadian broadcaster CBC.
Three persons have suffered “critical blast injuries” and were rushed to a Toronto trauma centre, the report said.
Police said that the incident occurred at ‘Bombay Bhel’ restaurant in Mississauga, about 28 kms from here.
Peel Regional Police said they received a call about the incident at 10:32 PM (local time yesterday), (0800 IST today).
Health officials have rushed 15 patients to hospitals, the police said.