FBI probing drive-by attack on Sikh separatist in California

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The FBI is investigating an Aug. 11 drive-by shooting that targeted a California activist with close ties to Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was fatally shot last year in a killing that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said could be linked to India.

FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb.

As they attempted to escape the gunfire, their truck skidded and veered off the road into a ditch, said Raju. He and his two friends fled into a nearby field and hid behind a haystack while they called 911. Police officers later told him they located at least five shell casings. The U.S. Justice Department has charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta with trying to arrange Pannun's murder at the behest of an Indian intelligence official.Four Indian nationals in Canada are facing charges of murder and conspiracy in the death of Nijjar.

The movement led to a violent insurgency in India's Punjab state in the 1980s and 1990s before it was crushed by Delhi. "They want to stop the Khalistan referendum," he said. "But this attack on me and the death threats is not going to deter me from continuing the campaign."Three people were killed and at least four were seriously wounded in a knife attack on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, police said.

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