Oak Creek Gurudwara

SM Krishna meets families of US gurduwara shooting victims

Press Trust of India | Friday October 5, 2012

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Thursday met the family members of the victims of Oak Creek Gurduwara shooting and said India and the US stand united against those who perpetrate a culture of violence and hatred.

US police release video of Wisconsin gurudwara gunman

Associated Press | Tuesday September 11, 2012

A white supremacist who killed a half-dozen people at a Sikh temple in the U.S. last month chased down the first police officer on the scene, pumping round after round into him as he lay wounded behind a parked car, video released Monday showed.

Gurudwara shooting: Michelle Obama to meet victims in Wisconsin

Press Trust of India | Saturday August 18, 2012

US First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Wisconsin next week to meet the victims and family members of the Oak Creek Gurudwara shooting that killed six Sikh worshippers.

Teen arrested for killing Sikh in Oak Creek

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday August 18, 2012

A 16-year-old felon from Milwaukee has been charged with the fatal shooting of Dalbir Singh, a member of the Oak Creek gurudwara where six worshippers were gunned down August 5.

Sikh murdered in Oak Creek, where gurudwara shooting took place

Press Trust of India | Friday August 17, 2012

Barely 12 days after the shooting at a Gurdwara that killed six worshippers, an elderly Sikh man has been shot dead in an attempted robbery incident in the same Wisconsin state.

US gurudwara shootings hurt mourners 'right in middle of heart'

Reuters | Saturday August 11, 2012

Thousands of mourners gathered at a gym at Oak Creek High School on Friday to honour the six Sikh worshippers killed by a white supremacist in a shooting rampage at a temple in Wisconsin.

Gurudwara shooting: Barack Obama calls up Manmohan Singh, conveys condolences

Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 8, 2012

US President Barack Obama today called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convey his condolences over the August 5 shooting incident at a gurudwara in Wisconsin in which six people were killed during Sunday morning prayers.

Gurudwara killing: Shooter shot himself in the head after getting wounded

Associated Press | Wednesday August 8, 2012

Gurudwara shooter Wade Michael Page died of self-inflicted wound after being shot by police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed today. The FBI added that investigators still have not clearly defined a motive in Wisconsin Sikh temple shoot...

Need to recognise contribution of Sikhs: Obama

Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 8, 2012

In the wake of the shooting incident at a Wisconsin Gurdwara that claimed six lives, US President Barack Obama feels "very strongly" that there is a need to recognise the significant contributions of the Sikhs to the American community.

At US gurudwara shooting, children spotted gunman, alerted others

Reuters | Tuesday August 7, 2012

Women at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin were busily preparing lunch in the community kitchen on Sunday when two children burst in and screamed frantically they had seen a man with a gun outside.

US gurudwara shooting: Obama hopes it is not a hate crime

Associated Press | Tuesday August 7, 2012

US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Americans would "recoil" if Sunday's Sikh temple shootings in Wisconsin were "motivated in some way by the ethnicity of those who were attending."

Obama orders US flag at half mast after gurudwara killing

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 7, 2012

As federal investigators searched for a motive for Sunday's attack on a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin, US President Barack Obama ordered the US flag to be flown at half mast until Aug 10 in honour of the victims.

US gurudwara shooting: Four of six victims were Indians

Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 7, 2012

Four of the six victims killed in the shooting incidents at Wisconsin Gurudwara are Indian nationals, one of them being a recent visitor from India.

Sikh temple shooting: US Ambassador Nancy Powell offers prayers at Delhi Gurudwara

Press Trust of India | Monday August 6, 2012

Reaching out to the Sikh community in the wake of the shooting incident at a Gurudwara in Wisconsin, US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell today offered her prayers at a Gurudwara in New Delhi and said the incident will be probed thoroughly.

Gurudwara shooting: Milwaukee Sikhs waited in bowling alley for news of loved ones

Reuters | Monday August 6, 2012

Dozens of shocked members of a tight-knit community of suburban Milwaukee Sikhs waited for hours in the basement of a neighbourhood bowling alley on Sunday to hear whether their loved ones and friends were among the six gunned down at a temple nearby...