SURREY, B.C. — The president of a Sikh gurdwara who was accused of terrorism and conspiracy to murder in India has been shot dead outside his temple in Surrey,…
The general secretary of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Society said Hardeep Singh Nijjar was alone in his pickup truck when he was attacked Sunday night as he was leaving the gurdwara’s parking lot.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Surrey RCMP said in a news release that the shooting happened at about 8:30 p.m. and the victim died at the scene.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team called a news conference for Monday afternoon in Surrey to provide further information about the case. A video posted on Twitter about 90 minutes after the shooting showed a large crowd gathered outside the gurdwara, the scene illuminated by the flashing lights of police cars.
Some in the crowd chanted in Punjabi, “Long live Khalistan,” “We want a separate Khalistan,” and “Death to India,” as RCMP officers looked on. A video also circulating on social media shows a person slumped over in the driver’s seat of a grey pickup truck, the windows shattered. Another video of the same scene from a different angle shows the vehicle surrounded by police cars, at what appears to be the entrance to the gurdwara’s parking lot.
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