Shooting at US gurdewara

Dawn.com Published August 6, 2012

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A shooting during Sunday services at a gurdewara (Sikh place of worship) in Wisconsin, US, left at least seven people dead, including a gunman, and at least three critically wounded, police and hospital officials said.

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Shams

Aug 15, 2012 11:57am

A very brutal act. This should be condemned up to possible extent. Humanity should be graced. All the religious groups should tolerate each other. The inner core of each religion preaches peace not the extinctions of opponents for its own existence.

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sira

Aug 06, 2012 09:54am

every body got rights to use guns.

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Harry

Aug 07, 2012 06:44am

Even though I hate guns, I do try and respect others who say it is their right to be armed. But there is a boundary between the right to use guns and committing a massacre. You do not have a right to just kill people. I can't believe I am saying something that should be common sense.

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Nasir Shah

Aug 07, 2012 07:57am

Right to use gun is for sports and self defense which is very different than such incident. No one has right to kill innocents of any race, religion or demographic origin. Its just act of one crazy minded person who brings image of racism to whole society. We condemn this act and have strong sympathies with the families who lost love ones and general sikh community.

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Manish singh

Aug 06, 2012 02:37pm

Shooting innocent people because of their race...SHAME on those who have such a sick mentality !

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Zeeshan Shamsi

Aug 07, 2012 10:50am

Wisconsin has very lenient gun laws. Anyone can walk into a store and buy a gun. The gun shows are worst. This is a very sad act, and not the first time Sikhs have suffered in America because they uphold their cultural and religious values and symbols publicly. Hate crimes are also terrorism. Drone strikes anyone?

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Gary Gupta

Aug 06, 2012 11:01pm

No rights to kill innocents

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Zaffar Saleem

Aug 07, 2012 07:40am

Well said sir. I condemn this barbaric act of insanity that targeted innocent unarmed people in their place of worship. My thoughts are with people of the sikh community and pray to God for religious / ethnic tolerance and interfaith harmony.

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Madan

Aug 07, 2012 05:33pm

Distraught minds commit dastardly acts.My sympathies go out to the sikh .community

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Juri Khan

Aug 07, 2012 08:32pm

Guns are American tradition, The people want it,, so,,,,,, I just wonder why cant America adapt the same laws as Europeans and Canadians (Civilized nations) have, I am not talking about UAE /Saudis cuz its a muslim thing which Americans wont like it. America has a very long way to improve when it comes to RACE religion,, my heart goes out for the victims families.

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habibmalick

Aug 08, 2012 08:19am

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Cyrus Howell

Aug 09, 2012 01:00pm

Usually these White Power people have very little education, and have served prison time.

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Cyrus Howell

Aug 09, 2012 01:07pm

Americans cling to the 2nd Amendment of the constitution - because no one anywhere can trust their government. Americans are armed and dangerous, but of course Washington wants to take the guns away so only the police and criminals will own them. The Sikhs should carry pistols in their sashes instead of daggers because no one on this earth can afford to wait for the police to come and protect them.

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Cyrus Howell

Aug 09, 2012 01:14pm

No one wants to lose family and friends. We are born and we die. We do not have control over it.

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H.B

Aug 10, 2012 04:34am

It was a sad situation. I can feel it because one of my distant relative was killed in a massacre by shooting in two Ahmadya mosques in Lahore. My sympathies are with the Sikh community and relatives of those who lost life and those who got injured. Problem is not access to weapons, it is hate caused by the interest groups for their ulterior motives.

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Nirmal khan

Aug 10, 2012 11:48pm

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rajinder

Aug 11, 2012 02:54am

very sad incident

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