Weekly reporting A-I trial attacked

Vandals smashed the windows of the office of the Indo-Canadian Times in a bid to reduce coverage of the ongoing Air India trial.

British Columbia MLA Dave Hayer, whose father founded the weekly Punjabi-language newspaper in 1977, termed Saturday8217;s attack as the latest 8216;8216;intimidation tactic8217;8217; to keep the paper from covering the trial. A week ago, eggs were thrown at his house, Hayer alleged. Hayer8217;s father Tara Singh was killed in November 1998 after giving police statements about people who may have been involved in the Kanishka bombing, The Globe and Mail reported.

A previous assassination attempt in 1988 left him paralysed from waist down following an article wherein he linked a suspect to the bombing.

Hayer believes the culprits are angry that the paper has 8216;8216;actively reported the prosecution8217;8217;. 8212; PTI