FBI joins probe into shooting of (two elderly) Sikhs (on their afternoon stroll) in US

[Turborama]

Source: The Times of India

Mar 9, 2011, 06.28pm IST

WASHINGTON: US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) joined the probe into the shooting of two elderly Sikhs in California as a shocked community announced a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunman.

Two friends Surinder Singh, 67, and Gurmej Atwal, 78, were shot at on their afternoon stroll through Elk Grove, Sacramento Friday.

Surinder Singh died on the spot from a shot to the upper torso, while Atwal remained in critical but stable condition at a South Sacramento Medical Center from two bullets to the chest.

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The victims' families and others fear Singh and Atwal were targeted because they were wearing turbans, which some Americans mistakenly think represent Taliban and Muslim extremists.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/news/FBI-joins-probe-into-shooting-of-Sikhs-in-US/articleshow/7663801.cms

[jwirr]

1. We seem to live in one sick nation where an idiot congressman

promotes hate and idiots follow his example.

[Vehl]

5. +1 nt

[Uncle Joe]

2. I would be willing to bet this is a hate crime.

Thanks for the thread, Turborama.

[alp227]

3. Disgusting! I live in a neighborhood with a big Sikh community

in California (not Sacramento). Justice shall be done for Singh and Atwal. Seriously? Turban=extremist? That is total horseshit right there.

[BreweryYardRat]

4. The victims' families are almost certainly right.

"The victims' families and others fear Singh and Atwal were targeted because they were wearing turbans, which some Americans mistakenly think represent Taliban and Muslim extremists."

After 9/11, bigoted lunatics murdered Sikhs, Coptic Christians, Muslims, et cetera. The recent rise in extremist hate rhetoric probably caused these murders.