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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Drive-by shootings, arson and murder: is the Indian government trying to silence Canada’s Sikh activists?

A woman stands in front of yellow flags and signs saying 'Assassination of Shaheed Nijjar Indian agents arrested' with images of men
A photograph of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, in Surrey, British Columbia, on Tuesday. Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock

On one summer night in Ontario, a Canadian Sikh activist received a panicked call from his wife: police had come to the family home and warned her that his life was at risk.

Two weeks later and thousands of kilometers away, a gunman in the province of British Columbia filmed himself firing a volley of bullets into the home of a prominent Indo-Canadian singer as two vehicles burned in the driveway.

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