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Six people died with gunman at Wisconsin Sikh temple in Arizona

Written By Unknown on Aug 7, 2012 | 3:21 AM

According to the town Oak Creek near of Milwaukee, Police Chief John Edwards said that in this town as a "domestic terrorist-type incident" that left at least six people and the gunman dead at a Sikh temple. The FBI team will investigate Sunday's dangerous rampage.

Another three people were injured, including the first officer who responds to the scene. All three wounded - one of whom was shot in the abdomen & chest, another in the extremities and face and the third in the neck, were in serious condition on Sunday night at Milwaukee's Froedtert Hospital, hospital said that in a statement.
The worshiper's president was among the wounded, his nephew said.

A man told the CNN affiliate WTMJ, "Nobody is angry here. We're just confused about this a random act. Was this expressed to us because of the way we look?"

Authorities have not yet identified the gunman by name & the details of this occurrence. Though Thomas Ahern, a man with the ATF's Chicago division, described him as a white male probably 40 years of age. Probably no connection has been established between the shooter and the victims of the temple.

Ahern said to authorities that he has not found yet any motive for this occurrence. Teresa Carlson, a special agent in charge at the FBI's Milwaukee division, said about the late Sunday incident that they are still trying to find out either it might be an act of domestic terrorism or not, no motive has been determined at this time.

According to the Sikh American Legal Defense & Education Fund, The Sikh religion originated in northern India around 1500 and has about 25 million followers, 700,000 of them in the United States.

Sikh men are always confused for Hindus or Muslims because of their customary beards and turbans - have been the targets of hate crimes since the September 11, 2001, attack on New York and Washington, said Surinder Singh, a spokesman for the Guru Nanak Mission Society of Atlanta.

Several Sikh leaders & members recalled on Sunday occurrence in Arizona which apparently the retaliation for the attacks that had been carried out days earlier by the Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda, as well as other less severe crimes targeting the group over the past decade.

"There is always nervousness and a sense of fear seems to us that this kind of incident will take place anywhere, anytime," said Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education.

Sunday's attack occurred at 10:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m. ET), when temple members were reading scriptures and cooking food in preparation for the Sunday community lunch, said Kanwardeep Singh Kaleka, a member of the congregation and the nephew of its president.
Kaleka was not at the temple at the time of the shooting occurred, but helped police to give some important news as well. He said members described the attacker as a bald, white man, dressed with white T-shirt and black pants and with a 9/11 tattoo on one arm -which seems to be there's some level of hate crime there.

A law enforcement official confirmed the shooter was wearing a white T-shirt and did not have a bulletproof vest. Kaleka said the gunman first started shooting in the parking lot area, then entered into the temple & proceeded to open fire.

He said. "My uncle is one of the administrators of the temple. It's mainly targeted or shot my uncle. Police searched the suspect's home, "a short distance" from the temple, on Sunday evening. They found a single 9mm semi-automatic pistol used by the gunman was found at the scene, along with the wounded officer's gun.

From the Initial reports it seemed that there may have been multiple attackers, but police found no indication of another gunman, said Bradley Wentlandt, the police chief in nearby Greenfield.

This Oak Creek temple, or gurdwara, opened in 2007 and has more than 350 worshipers.
Congregation president Satwant Kaleka was shot and wounded when he tried to seize the gunman, his son, Amardeep Kaleka told WTMJ. He also told that his mother hide in a closet during the violence.

State Rep. Josh Zepnick told WTMJ, "It's quite a very peace-loving community that has successfully administrated and assimilated into the metropolitan Milwaukee area. 

"Unfortunately, when this type of stuff hits in your area, you say to yourself, 'Why?' But in today's society, I don't think there's any place that's free from these idiots," Honadel said.
The American branch of the World Sikh Council, said “Today (Sunday) was a troubling day, not only for Sikh-Americans, but also for all Americans.”

National and state political leaders - including Gov. Scott Walker also expressed condolence after the killings, which came two weeks after massacre destruction at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 dead and dozens more wounded.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney called the slaying "a senseless act of violence and a tragedy that should never happen any house of worship."
From the White House, President Barack Obama said the United States had been "enriched" by Sikhs community, "who are a part of our broader American family."

Obama said, “My administration will provide whatever support is necessary to the officials who are responding to this tragic shooting and moving forward with an investigation.”

Rajwant Singh on behalf of Sikh Council on Religion and Education, put the responsibility on politicians, the media, academics and non-profit leaders to educate Americans about diverse groups and act.
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