FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada
Source: The Guardian
FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada
Revelation comes days after prime minister Justin Trudeau blamed the assassination of the Sikh activist on the Indian government
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
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Tue 26 Sep 2023 06.14 BST
Last modified on Tue 26 Sep 2023 06.53 BST
The FBI warned at least three Americans active in the Sikh community that their lives were in danger in the immediate aftermath of the murder of a Sikh activist in Canada last June.
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has blamed the apparent assassination on the Indian government, as assessment that has reportedly been backed by Canadian and US intelligence sources and has created a rupture in Ottawa’s relationship with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government.
The shocking accusation that India carried out an extrajudicial murder on Canadian soil – an allegation that has been denied by India – has prompted a re-examination of threats against Sikh separatists around the world, as well as Sikh activists’ claims of suspicious deaths in the UK and Pakistan in the weeks before the murder.
Pritpal Singh, a 69-year-old US citizen who serves as a coordinator for the American Sikh Caucus Committee, confirmed to the Guardian that he and two other associates were called by the FBI just days after the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Canadian citizen who was ambushed on 18 June just outside his place of worship in Surrey, British Columbia.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/indian-government-sikh-activist-hardeep-singh-nijjar-murder-canada-fbi-warning
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