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30 injured in Sikh temple attack in Vienna
VIENNA:
At least 30 people were wounded when armed men attacked a preacher
and worshippers in a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital Vienna on
Sunday, police said.
A police spokeswoman said six suspects had been arrested and were
among the injured after the incident. She said the casualty toll
could rise pending an update from hospital officials. Local
authorities and witnesses initially reported a shootout between
people from two feuding families but later said the violence
involved members of several Sikh temples in Vienna who had been at
odds for several years. Police said the violence began when six men
abruptly stood up during a service in the temple in Vienna’s heavily
immigrant Rudolfsheim district and attacked the preacher and others
among the more than 150 worshippers.
One of the attackers fired a gun and others were wielding knives. In
an ensuing melee, at least nine people suffered gunshot and stab
wounds before other Sikh worshippers subdued the assailants. reuters
Daily Times: Monday May 25,2009
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