SURREY, B.C. — Three Indian nationals have been charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a killing last year that threw Ottawa's relationship with New Delhi into disarray.
SURREY, B.C. — Three Indian nationals have been charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a killing last year that threw Ottawa's relationship with New Delhi into disarray.
Nijjar was shot and killed in his pickup truck last June as he left the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, touching off a wave of protests and rallies from local communities against diplomats from India. "Is this over? How do we go back into our community and have this conversation around is this safe or is it not safe?”
Police say the three suspects are expected to be transported to B.C. by Monday to face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. "Every Canadian has the fundamental right to live safely and free of threats of violence," LeBlanc said without taking questions, adding that his department will engage with community groups in the coming days.In a statement, the federal Opposition Conservatives said while they are glad arrests were made, the party wished the Canadian government could have foiled the killing of Nijjar"as was the case in the United States," a reference to the alleged assassination plot there.
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