U.S. Authorities Thwart Assassination Plot Targeting Sikh Separatist

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U.S. authorities have stopped a conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil and have raised concerns about India's involvement in the plot. The target of the plot was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S. and Canadian citizen who is the general counsel for Sikhs for Justice, a group advocating for an independent Sikh state.

U.S. authorities thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil and issued a warning to India’s government over concerns it was involved in the plot. The target of the plot was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an American and Canadian citizen who is general counsel for Sikhs for Justice, a U.S.-based group that is part of a movement pushing for an independent Sikh state called “Khalistan”. The U.S.

informed some allies about the plot following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh separatist killed in Vancouver in June

 

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