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Gunman, Six Others Dead at Wisconsin Sikh temple
By CNN Wire Staff   |  Aug 09, 2012
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Oak Creek, Wisconsin (CNN) — The FBI will investigate Sunday’s rampage at a Sikh temple in a Milwaukee suburb as a “domestic terrorist-type incident” that left at least six people and the gunman dead, the town’s police chief said.

Another three people were wounded, including the first officer to respond to the scene, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said. A second officer returned fire, killing the suspect, according to the chief.

All three wounded — one of whom was shot in the abdomen and chest, another in the extremities and face and the third in the neck — were in critical condition Sunday night at Milwaukee’s Froedtert Hospital, the hospital said in a statement.

The congregation’s president was among the wounded, his nephew said.

And another man told the CNN affiliate WTMJ, “Nobody’s angry here. We’re just confused. Was this a random act? Was this directed at us because of the way we look?”

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/05/us/wisconsin-temple-shooting/index.html

Read ISKCON’s press release on Sikh temple attack: http://news.iskcon.com/node/4561

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