Bombing at an Indian restaurant in Mississauga, Canada wounds 15 people

The Bombay Bhel was bombed. LA Times/AP.

A bombing at an Indian restaurant in Mississauga Canada wounded fifteen people, three of them critically. LA Times. Two suspects are still at large. The men dropped off the bomb and immediately left. They were caught on camera but they covered their faces so they have not been identified. Canadian authorities have said they aren't sure if the attack is a hate crime or act of terrorism but have not ruled those possibilities out. 

UPDATED: Improvised explosive device detonated at Mississauga restaurant injures 15, police say. 2 males now being sought. https://t.co/AN1B3quu0e pic.twitter.com/h3hlcb9IYR

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My Comment:
Very dangerous situation in Canada. These suspects are on the run and could very well carry out more attacks. With the hats, hoods and jackets they were wearing they will be extremely hard to identify. There is a decent chance that it will take a long time to figure out who they are and what they want and until that happens they can strike again.

I am thinking that this is some kind of terrorist incident. Why? Well for one it was a bombing. Bombs aren't something you just make and use on a whim. It takes quite a bit of planning and hard work to make and use them. Getting the materials is difficult as well and you have to do quite a bit of research to pull it off. Still, there have been bombings for no political reason and unconnected to terror groups.

But I don't think this case is one of them. If this was a lone attacker doing this I would find that idea more plausible. Two people working together? Very likely to be terrorism. My guess is that this is some kind of terror cell.

So who are the suspects? I think Islamic terrorism is the most likely suspect. It is Ramadan and historically that has been a major time for attacks to happen. An Indian restaurant isn't that unlikely of a target, especially if the attackers are of Pakistani descent. Islamic terror groups like ISIS tend to like bombings as well, so they are a very likely suspect.

There are other possibilities as well though. Given that this was an Indian restaurant it could be some kind of supremacist group. Some people are racist against Indian people so it is possible that was the motive as well. That doesn't rule out the Islamic angle either since it could be a combination of ethnic and religious motivations.

Without anymore information all of this is speculation. Given the facts of the case it might be some time before we find out the motive of these attackers. We may find out more, as sad as it is to say, if they attack again. With so little to go on it is very possible for them to attack again.

Thankfully, this attack wasn't deadly. The bomb wasn't that powerful even though it wounded fifteen people. We might not be so lucky next time but for the time being we lucked out. Either the weapon wasn't very powerful or it was placed in a bad location. Hopefully these bombers don't learn from their mistake.