Sikhs Clash In Vienna

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Police in Austria say one of the two Sikh gurus who was shot in a violent dispute between rival Sikh groups at a temple in Austria has died.

The guru, Sant Rama Anand, was attacked during a religious ceremony by six men armed with knives and a pistol.

The other preacher Sant Nirajnan Das, who was among 15 other people injured in the clash, was said to be stable.

Following the incident, rival Sikh groups clashed in the Indian state of Punjab.

Indian police said protesters in the city of Jalandhar set fire to vehicles and put up roadblocks.

Witnesses said the protests appeared to be a reaction to the fight at a temple in Vienna, which reportedly began when fundamentalist Sikhs from a higher caste attacked the preachers, who, they believed, were disrespectful of the Sikh holy book.

The fight involved five men armed with knives and another with a pistol, the BBC's Bethany Bell reports.

Sant Rama Anand died of his wounds in hospital early Monday, a police spokesman said.

"The surgeon said at first he was satisfied with his patient's condition after an emergency operation," news agency APA quoted the spokesman as saying.

"But the patient lost consciousness and died shortly after midnight (2200 GMT)," he added.

The condition of the second preacher is reported to be stable, he said.

Police spokesman Michael Takacs said the scene was "like a battlefield". Six people have been detained, and more arrests were possible.

Everybody was praying and then it started with knives and a pistol," said eyewitness Nermal Singh.

Several hundred worshippers were at the temple at the time of the attack.

The temple is situated in Vienna-Rudolfsheim, in the 15th district of the capital.

It is estimated that fewer than 3,000 Sikhs live in Austria.

The Rudolfsheim temple is run by devotees of Shri Guru Ravidas, who founded a Sikh sect called Dera Sach Khand.

Indian unrest

Meanwhile, Sikh groups clashed violently in the city of Jalandhar in the Indian state of Punjab.

People have poured out into the streets by the thousands and have been protesting since Sunday evening here, says the BBC's Asit Jolly in Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab.

The protesters set fire to vehicles and damaged government buildings.

"The whole thing has spread out of Jalandhar now, it's in all the nearby towns and a curfew has been imposed across Jalandhar city, and the latest I'm being told is that the government of Punjab has requisitioned the army to be on standby," our correspondent adds.

[Paran-Singh]

there is only one Guru, the Guru Granth Sahib, and anyone claiming to be a Guru of the Sikhs will be dealt with accordingly, as has happened in Vienna

[Guest jason12]

there is only one Guru, the Guru Granth Sahib, and anyone claiming to be a Guru of the Sikhs will be dealt with accordingly, as has happened in Vienna

You are talking about endorsing murder. Do you know Paran Singh Ji, when will you leave the Pran and depart from this world. Btw, saints never claimed to be gurus, it is western media who have skewed everything through their lack of knoeledge.

Guru Granth Sahib is guru to sikhs but for us the supreme guru is Guru Ravidass.

[apnepart2]

there is only one Guru, the Guru Granth Sahib, and anyone claiming to be a Guru of the Sikhs will be dealt with accordingly, as has happened in Vienna

You are talking about endorsing murder. Do you know Paran Singh Ji, when will you leave the Pran and depart from this world. Btw, saints never claimed to be gurus, it is western media who have skewed everything through their lack of knoeledge.

Guru Granth Sahib is guru to sikhs but for us the supreme guru is Guru Ravidass.

and i guess other bhagats rank inferior too!

[hawk13]

there is only one Guru, the Guru Granth Sahib, and anyone claiming to be a Guru of the Sikhs will be dealt with accordingly, as has happened in Vienna

You are talking about endorsing murder. Do you know Paran Singh Ji, when will you leave the Pran and depart from this world. Btw, saints never claimed to be gurus, it is western media who have skewed everything through their lack of knoeledge.

Guru Granth Sahib is guru to sikhs but for us the supreme guru is Guru Ravidass.

Then why u take GURU GRANTH SHAIAB if u cannot show proper respect. Only selected verses of great bhagats which r related to ALMIGHTY is included in holy granth shiab, secondly phhyical form of GURU THE GURU PANTH in form OF PANJ PYRAS accompanies guru granth if any disrespect is shown to GURU GRANTH the GURU PANTH will be angry, it was sikh gurus only who gave respectable place to bhagats and low castes. But ur real enemy r not sikhs but the manuwadis who have used disgraceful words like sudra, chura ,chamar. not the gursikhs if a sikh discrminates on caste basis then he ceases to be a sikh. Ur leaders r playing into the hands of ur worst enemy the rss,bjp as they exploited tribals in gujarat, orissa againist muslims and chirstains. Even 1984 riots most of the rioters were from thelow caste settlements still sikhs forgave lowcastes knowing real culprits r manuwadi brahmanwadi thinking other wise sikh fighters were capable of inflicting hugh losses .furthermore it is bjp game to creat riots between sikhs and dalits in whicj they r succeeding by using dalits to show disrespect to holy granth and burning posters of martys posters u seem to ignore the fact during bhindrawale times it was their gurdwaras which used to give shelter and langar to poor people not the ur socalled bjp men who gave u humilating treatment. IF RIOTS AGAIN ERUPTS IN PUNJAP THE SIKHS WILL GIVE THE RIOTERS MOST SUITABLE TREATMENT.