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8 people including four Sikhs killed in FedEx facility mass shooting in US
Published : Apr 17, 2021, 10:17 am IST
Updated : Apr 17, 2021, 10:17 am IST
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At least eight people, including four Sikhs, were killed and five others were left injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in the US

Washington: At least eight people, including four Sikhs, were killed and five others were left injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in the US state of Indiana, according to community leaders.

The gunman, identified as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole of Indiana, died by suicide after the shooting on early Friday morning, taking the toll to nine.

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About 90 per cent of the workers at this delivery service facility are said to be Indian-Americans, mostly from the local Sikh community.

"This is very heart breaking. The Sikh community is devastated by this tragic incident," community leader Gurinder Singh Khalsa said.

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Maninder Singh Walia, community activist, said the four Sikhs who have died are Amarjt Kaur Sekhon (female), 48, Jaswinder Kaur (female), Amarjit Kaur Johal (female) and Jaswinder Singh (male). The age of the last three deceased was not immediately available.

A probe was underway to ascertain the motive behind the crimePhoto

Harpreet Singh Gill (male), 45, has received an injury and is hospitalised. The Indianapolis Police is yet to release the names of those killed in the mass shooting.

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This is the worst Sikh massacre in the US after the Oak Creek Gurdwara mass shooting in Wisconsin on August 5, 2012, where six members of the community were killed.

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