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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Ismail Shakil

Canadian police confirm 'high profile' killing of Sikh businessman Malik

FILE PHOTO: Sikh activist Ripudaman Singh Malik (C) smiles as he leaves a Vancouver court March 16, 2005, after being found not guilty in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight off the Irish coast. REUTERS/Lyle Stafford/File Photo

Canadian police confirmed on Friday that a man shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday was Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people.

Police said they have not established a motive for the killing or have evidence to suggest whether the incident was connected to the airline attack.

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