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Sikh American Gunned Down in Phoenix
WSN Network

Washington: A 62-year-old Sikh, Inderjit Singh Jassal, was murdered in Phoenix, Arizona, last Monday when he was working at a 7-11 store in West Phoenix. He was shot at by a 27-year-old black man.

Identified as Jermaine Canada, the man walked in with his two children, aged 2 and 6. According to the surveillance video, the two individuals had a short conversation, at the end of which Mr. Canada pulled a concealed firearm from his shirt and fatally shot Mr. Jassal.

The Phoenix Sikh American community is in a state of shock this week as a motive has not been found. Nothing was stolen and there is no confirmation that this killing was something other than a heinous crime motivated by hate.

Sikhs in the US have been facing hate crimes, mostly under the mistaken notion that they have any similarity with Arabs. The community has been making many efforts to underline that the Sikhs are a completely separate religion with the universal motto of Sarbat Da Bhala (Welfare of all mindkind).

13 August, 2008

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