Sikhs in the U.S. Warned by FBI About Death Threats


Source: theintercept.com theintercept.com

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After the brazen killing of a high-profile Canadian Sikh activist in June, FBI agents visited several Sikh activists in California this summer with an alarming message: Their lives were also at risk. The warnings have taken on a new urgency after Canada’s bombshell revelation on Monday that it has credible intelligence pointing to Indian government involvement in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and advocate for an independent Sikh state, who was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia. Pritpal Singh, a political activist and U.S. citizen who is a coordinator for the American Sikh...