Wisconsin, US: The son of the founder of a Sikh Gurdwara attacked in 2012 has failed in his bid to enter the US Congress, where he had hoped to campaign against violence. Amardeep Kaleka – whose father Satwant Singh Kaleka was among six worshippers shot dead by a white supremacist US Army veteran at the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Gurdwara – had ...
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Sikh temple shooter had no drugs in system: Reports
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A white supremacist with a history of alcohol problems was drug-free when he walked into a Sikh temple in the U.S. this summer and fatally shot six people before killing himself, according to a toxicology report released on Wednesday. There were small amounts of alcohol in Wade Michael Page’s heart, but because there was none in his bloodstream, the ...
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From the White House Press Office: Mitt Romney’s statement on the shooting: Nikki Haley Responds To Shooting Wis. Governor Orders Flags To Half Staff Oak Creek Mayor: ‘We’re Going to Work Toward Healing’ Nancy Pelosi ‘Devastated’ By Wisconsin Shooting Statement from Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.): Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan Reacts Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) released the following statement in response ...
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