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`Kanishka' case enquiry begins

Emotional scenes were witnessed on Monday

Toronto: Emotional scenes were witnessed as relatives of the victims of the 1985 bombing of Air India airliner `Kanishka' began deposing before a long-awaited enquiry to look into Canada's failure to prosecute all those responsible for the tragedy.

``I expect the testimony will be emotional and I expect the testimony will be difficult,'' lead counsel Mark Freiman said in his opening statement on Monday before starting the hearing of families of the 329 people who perished when Kanishka crashed off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985.

``It takes a great deal of courage to speak in a public forum about matters that reach into the innermost parts of one's being,'' Mr. Freiman said. — PTI

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