Toronto: Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant on Thursday in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, and then fleeing, local police said.
The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 p.m local time. Fifteen people were taken to hospital, three of them with critical injuries, the Peel Regional Paramedic Service said in a tweet.
#PRP in the area of Hurontario/Eglinton #Mississauga for an incident. Reports of multiple injuries, no info on the extent. Plaza in the area will be sealed. Call received at 10:32pm.— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPoliceMedia) May 25, 2018
In the afternoon, Indian High Commissioner Vikas Swarup said that three Indian-Canadians, who were reported to be critically injured, are stable now.
Regarding the bomb blast in an Indian restaurant in Mississauga, our Consul General in Toronto has visited the hospital & confirmed that the 3 Indian-Canadians who were reported to be critically injured are stable now: Vikas Swarup, India's High Commissioner to Canada (File pic) pic.twitter.com/TyR4JweCq9— ANI (@ANI) May 25, 2018
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has listed an emergency number for the Indian nationals in Toronto, and said that she is in constant touch with our Consul General in Toronto and Indian High Commissioner in Canada. "Our missions will work round the clock. The Emergency number is : +1-647-668-4108," she said.
There is a blast in Indian restaurant Bombay Bhel in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. I am in constant touch with our Consul General in Toronto and Indian High Commissioner in Canada. Our missions will work round the clock. The Emergency number is : +1-647-668-4108.Please RT— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) May 25, 2018
The two male suspects fled after detonating their improvised explosive device, Peel Regional Police said in a tweet.
2 suspects attended the scene, detonated an Improvised Explosive Device within the restaurant. Several injured were taken to local hospital and 3 in critical condition were taken to a Toronto Trauma Centre. pic.twitter.com/yzCT59UVN6— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPoliceMedia) May 25, 2018
No one has claimed responsibility, and the motive for the attack was not known.
Police posted a photograph on Twitter showing two people with dark zip-up hoodies walking into an establishment. One appeared to be carrying an object.
Peel Police said one suspect was in his mid-20s, stocky, and wore dark blue jeans and a dark zip-up hoody pulled over his head, with black cloth covering his face. The second was thin, and wore faded blue jeans, a grey t-shirt and a dark zip-up hoody over his head, also with his face covered.
Roads in the area were closed and a large police presence was at the scene, with heavily armed tactical officers arriving as part of the large emergency response, local media reported.
The attack in Mississauga comes a month after a driver plowed his white Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd in Toronto, killing 10 people and injuring 15.
Mississauga is Canada's sixth-largest city, with a population of 700,000 people, situated on Lake Ontario about 20 miles (32 km) west of Toronto.
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