Canadian cops clashed with Hindu devotees protesting an assault on a temple close to Toronto by “anti-India components”. The cops assaulted the temple-goers, a lot of whom had been waving the Indian flag, confirmed a video shared by a Canadian journalist. It additionally captured a cop charging at a protester and touchdown a number of punches occasions on him.
“He’s hitting with a stick,” the girl who filmed the video is heard saying as she factors to an officer, accusing him of assaulting the protesters. The enraged crowd quickly begins shouting “take him out”.
BREAKING: The RCMP begin attacking Hindu worshippers on their very own temple grounds in Surrey BC.
Watch as an RCMP officer goes into the group to go after Hindu devotees after pushing them again to guard the Khalistanis who got here to harass the temple goers on Diwali. Punching Hindus… pic.twitter.com/uugAJun59q— Daniel Bordman (@DanielBordmanOG) November 4, 2024
The journalist who shared the video claimed that the cops went after the Hindu devotees to guard the “Khalistanis who got here to harass the temple goers on Diwali”.
A mob stormed the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton earlier within the day and attacked devotees, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned. “The acts of violence on the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton at this time are unacceptable. Each Canadian has the correct to follow their religion freely and safely,” Trudeau posted on X.
The Indian embassy stated “anti-India components” orchestrated the violence outdoors its consular camp co-organized by the temple. Calling it “deeply disappointing”, the embassy stated there have been comparable makes an attempt to disrupt camps in Surrey and Vancouver over the previous two days.
The incidents come amid diplomatic tensions between the 2 nations triggered by Trudeau’s accusation that India was behind the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India, which trashed the costs as baseless, had additionally accused Canada of offering a protected haven to terrorists and extremists.
