Men Plead Guilty to Murder of Malik

Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Ripudaman Singh Malik, a former Air India bombing suspect, in a British Columbia court. Malik, who was acquitted in 2005 of involvement in the 1985 bombings that killed 331 people, was shot dead outside his business in Surrey on July 14, 2022. The two men were initially charged with first-degree murder and will be sentenced on October 31. Malik's family expressed mixed emotions regarding the plea, stating they are grateful for justice but urging Fox and Lopez to cooperate with police to identify those who hired them. Malik's family characterized the killing as an