An undated handout picture provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service allegedly shows a part of the fuselage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752The downing of a passenger plane over Tehran which left 176 people dead last year was a deliberate act of terrorism, a Canadian court has ruled. Ukrainian Airlines flight PS752 was shot down by two missiles last January amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a senior general. SponsoredAmong the dead were 85 Canadian residents, 53 people travelling to Canada via Kiev and four Britons. On Thursday Justice Edward Belobaba of the Ontario superior court ruled “on a balance of probabilities that the missile attacks on Flight 752 were intentional”. He said: “The plaintiffs have established that the shooting down of Flight 752 was an act of terrorism and constitutes ‘terrorist activity’.”It comes as Washington

Source: The Times May 21, 2021 04:29 UTC