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TIL Canada's deadliest terror attack, the 1985 Air India Flight 182 bombing, killed 329 people. Multiple warnings from informants including recorded audio detailing the bombing plan were mishandled by authorities, leading to only one person being sentenced to 5 years in prison.

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