Thousands gather to mourn death of Sikh leader in Surrey
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A massive crowd of mourners gathered outside a Sikh temple in Surrey Sunday morning, one week after its president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot and killed there in his truck.
A massive crowd of mourners gathered outside a Sikh temple in Surrey Sunday morning, one week after its president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot and killed there in his truck.
Thousands of people walked alongside the casket that carried Nijjar’s body, paying tribute to the late president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.
Nijjar was found dead June 18 outside the gurdwara with multiple gunshot wounds.
“He was a really, really caring person for everyone and that's why all these people are here,” said Bickram Singh, a mourner at the gathering.
Homicide investigators have not made any arrests, but many mourners at Sunday’s gathering believe Nijjar was the target of foreign inference.
He was an outspoken advocate for a separatist movement in India, supporting the creation of an independent Sikh state called Khalistan in the Punjab region.
His advocacy is the reason many are calling on the government to look into potential political motivation.
