Canada holds candle-light vigil in memory of Ukraine airline crash victims
Hundreds of mourners held a candle-light vigil on Thursday night in Toronto to remember 176 people killed when a Ukraine-bound plane crashed in Iran. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said multiple intelligence sources indicate that Iran shot down the Ukrainian airliner built by Boeing, although he conceded it may have been unintentional.
The dead included 63 Canadians and many others headed for Canada. At the vigil, people in Toronto — which has a large Iranian community — expressed anger and sadness over the tragedy.
“Somebody has to answer us back why this happened. They were innocent people who died,” said one of those at the ceremony, Yasmin Roshan, age 43.
