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Balbir Singh Sodhi (July 6, 1949 – September 15, 2001), [1] a Sikh-American entrepreneur and franchisee in Mesa, Arizona, was murdered in a hate crime in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. This was the first of several cases across the United States that were reported to the police as supposed acts of retaliation for the attacks.
Since the United States Congress was established with the 1st Congress in 1789, fourteen of its members have been killed while in office, and fourteen have suffered serious injuries from attacks. The members of Congress were either injured or killed by someone intending serious harm, or there is evidence of lethal intent by an unknown assailant ...
Indian National Congress: Sikh militants [51] Tarlochan Singh Riyasti Ludhiana, Punjab: Former State Minister and Party leader [52] [53] Jagat Ram Punjab: State Party Vice-President and State Labor Minister Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) Vilayati Ram Kaytal: Kanpur, UP: MLA: Sikh militants [54] [55 ...
Raju was a passenger in the car, which he rode in with two friends on the way to a restaurant for a late-night meal. His organization, Sikhs for Justice, believes it to be an assassination attempt.
Nijjar was killed in June 2023 outside his gurdwara, a Sikh place of worship, in Surrey, British Columbia. That killing, and Trudeau's suggestion of possible Indian government involvement ...
An Indian government official directed an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist, who is also a U.S. citizen, on U.S. soil, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday, in announcing ...
Heart attack [2] Washington, D.C. U.S. Marguerite S. Church: January 3, 1943 (previously served January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941) May 5, 1883 Vermilion County, Illinois: 81st (1949–1951) John Lesinski Sr. Democratic Michigan (16th district) May 27, 1950 65 Heart attack [3] Dearborn, Michigan: U.S. John Lesinski Jr. March 4, 1933 January 3 ...
Sikh leaders say the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is part of a worrying trend of transnational repression by Hindu nationalists. California Sikhs report threats, troubling incidents to ...