Man held with arms outside Wisconsin gurudwara
3 Nov 2012 6:25 AM IST
A suspicious man carrying ammunition and ‘strange writings’ was briefly detained outside an Oak Creek gurudwara in the US state of Wisconsin, where a white supremacist had gunned down six Sikhs in August.
‘This happened last Sunday. The man was detained due to his suspicious activity outside the gurudwara. The police questioned him. Later it was determined that he was not a threat (to gurudwara). So he was released,’ Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi said.
In a report released on Thursday, the Oak Creek Police Department said the 32-year-old man from Maryland was found with 9mm ammunition and ‘strange writings’ in his possession outside the Wisconsin gurudwara. He was seen entering the gurudwara premises at about 8.45 am. The gurudwara was the scene of a mass shooting by a white supremacist in August that killed six Sikh worshippers, sending shock waves across the country and the Sikh community world-over. The man, whose identity has not been released, first told the police that he drive to gurudwara after seeing a CNN story about the shooting and wanted to pray with its members.
‘This happened last Sunday. The man was detained due to his suspicious activity outside the gurudwara. The police questioned him. Later it was determined that he was not a threat (to gurudwara). So he was released,’ Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi said.
In a report released on Thursday, the Oak Creek Police Department said the 32-year-old man from Maryland was found with 9mm ammunition and ‘strange writings’ in his possession outside the Wisconsin gurudwara. He was seen entering the gurudwara premises at about 8.45 am. The gurudwara was the scene of a mass shooting by a white supremacist in August that killed six Sikh worshippers, sending shock waves across the country and the Sikh community world-over. The man, whose identity has not been released, first told the police that he drive to gurudwara after seeing a CNN story about the shooting and wanted to pray with its members.
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