Sikhs Stabbed in Austrian Religious Squabble!
A riot broke out in a Sikh Temple in Vienna, Austria today as members
of one "sect" attacked 2 preachers and followers of another branch of
the Religion. 16 people including the two Preachers were injured, 6 of
these seriously. Although it has not been ascertained as yet, it is possible
the "ceremonial" Kirpans or "daggers" were used along with a pistol.
The scuffle broke out over the use of a "ceremonial shawl" that the other
sect took umbrage too! 6 men were arrested.
This melee ended up causing a further fracas half a world away in Northern
India where the Sikhs are a minority amongst the predominately Hindu
population. Here. in Canada, I shudder still when remembering the many
lives lost in the Air India crash that "zealots" of this otherwise fine
Religion perpetrated on many innocents!
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- Submitted By: slydog | 6 months ago: Sunday, May 24, 2009 | 5:55 PM ET The Associated Press An injured person is transported out of a Sikh temple in Vienna on Sunday after at least 16 people were wounded when armed men attacked the preacher and worshippers. (Fred Reiser/Reuters) ...
- News Source: BBC | 6 months agoThousands of angry protesters have taken to streets, damaging public property and setting trains on fire. At least four people were injured when police opened fire at protesters who attacked a police station in Jalandhar. The army has marched through...
- News Source: Inquirer.net | 6 months agoSikh followers clashed with knives and at least one gun at a temple in Vienna on Sunday, injuring some 30 people in a dispute between rival religious communities, police and witnesses said. The violence at the temple broke out around 1:30 pm (1130...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 6 months agoDozens of people have been injured during a fight inside a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital Vienna. Around 200 people were gathered at the temple to hear a sermon given by a guru visiting from India. But fighting broke out when one group of...
- News Source: Xinhuanet.com | 6 months agoA shooting was occurred in the Austrian capital Vienna on Sunday, which caused at least 16 people injured. The shooting incident happened in an Indian temple in Vienna. Due to the sermon by a Guru of Sikh from India, the temple attracted from...
- News Source: United Press International | 6 months agoAt least 11 people have been injured during a fight inside a Sikh temple in Vienna, Austrian authorities said. The BBC reported Sunday that five men armed with knives and another with a pistol started a fight in the temple...There were reports that...
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- Blog Source: cbs11tv.comGroups of rival worshippers at a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital pulled knives and at least one handgun in a mass fight Sunday, police and ambulance staff said. At least 11 people were wounded.
- Blog Source: thelangarhall.comAs suggested by our readers (pagh salute: ambi and an indian Sikh), I am posting on the tragedy in Vienna. The facts are still coming in, so we have little.
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- Video Source: youtube.comVienna Austria - Viena AustriaVideo Source: youtube.comVienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of ...
- Video Source: youtube.comcity of vienna Austria EuropeVideo Source: youtube.comThis is a short documentary about the city of Vienna in Austria (Europe)
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a sad thing to happen as otherwise sikhs are very peace loving people. I also would like to thank you for your imagination...I mean to say the way you link up this event with incidents in Canada and India.
We have a LARGE community of Sikhs here in British Columbia that go
back 100 years. A large Punjabi community well integrated into our
society. Sadly, some of the "Politic" from the old country has caused
divisions here as well. There has also been a generation of late that
has become quite "gang" oriented with quite a few deaths.
back 100 years. A large Punjabi community well integrated into our
society. Sadly, some of the "Politic" from the old country has caused
divisions here as well. There has also been a generation of late that
has become quite "gang" oriented with quite a few deaths.
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