The Sikh Community of B次元官网网址楤CB次元官网网址�/Salish Land is claiming SundayB次元官网网址檚 assassination of Guru Nanak Gurdwara president Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, in the temple parking lot was an B次元官网网址渁ct of Indian government-orchestrated terrorism on Canadian soil,B次元官网网址� but homicide investigators have yet to identify a suspect or possible motive.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has not yet confirmed the victimB次元官网网址檚 name. It is holding a presser at the Surrey RCMP detachment building in Newton this afternoon.

B次元官网网址淎ny information I have I will be able to relay then,B次元官网网址� Sgt. Timothy Pierotti said.

Meantime, @BC Sikhs tweeted Sunday night that B次元官网网址淲hat happened today is an act of war on Sikhs.B次元官网网址�

Pierotti declined to comment on the tweet Monday morning.

The president of one of Canada's most prominent places of worship, a BC registered non profit society, was assassinated in broad daylight yesterday. This was an act of Indian government-orchestrated terrorism on Canadian soil.

B次元官网网址� The Sikh Community of 'BC' / Salish Land (@BCSikhs)

Police were called to the parking lot of the temple, in the 7000-block of Scott Road in Newton, at 8:27 p.m. and found the victim in his truck, suffering from B次元官网网址渁pparentB次元官网网址� gun shot wounds. He died at the scene.

Surrey RCMP Staff Sgt. Tyner Gillies said police are looking for video footage.

B次元官网网址淎t this early stage of the investigation, any possible motives for the shooting are not yet known. Police are still working to determine possible suspect descriptions from multiple witnesses who were in the area,B次元官网网址� Gillies said. B次元官网网址淪urrey RCMP is aware of social media posts that are speculating on the identity of the victim, but are not in a position to confirm the victimB次元官网网址檚 identity at this very early time.B次元官网网址�

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