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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10880015/Sword-fight-at-Indias-Golden-Temple-on-raid-anniversary.html Sword fight at India’s Golden Temple on raid anniversary At least two wounded in fighting at Amritsar's Sikh temple on 30th anniversary of army's Operation Blue Star which killed at least 400
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Members of Sikh radical groups clash with SGPC supporters at the Golden Temple Photo: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA
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Sikh activists clash with members of the SGPC during commemorations Photo: Narinder Naru/AFP

By AFP

8:02AM BST 06 Jun 2014

Clashes broke out between sword-wielding Sikhs on Friday at the Golden Temple in northern India on the 30th anniversary of a notorious army raid on the site.

At least two people were wounded in the violence, according to an AFP photographer at the temple in the city of Amritsar, which is the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion.

Hundreds of Sikhs had gathered at the shrine to pay their respects to those killed in the June 6 1984 raid of the temple by Indian troops aimed at flushing out armed separatists demanding an independent Sikh homeland.

“Today we were supposed to have a solemn remembrance for the martyrs of 1984 so what has happened is very sad,” said a spokesman for a radical Sikh outfit called the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) whose supporters were involved in the clashes.

“The Temple has once again been dishonoured today,” the spokesman Prem Singh Chandumajra told reporters.

Television footage showed two groups of Sikhs sporting blue and saffron turbans chasing each other with swords on the marbled staircase of the revered shrine in Punjab state.

The clashes broke out after members of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) insisted they be allowed to speak on the microphone first.

At least 400 people were killed in the army’s infamous Operation Blue Star in 1980, the anniversary of which is commemorated on June 6.

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This reeks to high heaven of involvement of agent provocateurs. On this day at that place is almost beyond belief.

Regardless the simple fact that there were not 100 sikhs to restrain every 1 nut and shut this down in a second shows our utter stupidity. This is punjabi machismo pendu idiocy being confused for sikhi and it is in all corners of the world damaging sikhi.

Those, regardless of background, with true courage speak softly and carry a big stick. We must stop the csste inspired practice of jatt <banned word filter activated> pride taught in childhood and masquerading as sikhi. If sikhi was taught this would never happen.

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It seems from the video Badal's Akali thugs within SGPC are attacking.......the most disturbing is this occured in the main darbar sahib of Takht Sahib in presence of Guru Sahib.

regardless this was uncalled for on the anniversary day. First in Patna early this year now in Akal Takht Sahib....sigh

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This reeks to high heaven of involvement of agent provocateurs.

the ones with yellow turbans are the Task Force of the SGPC, basically hooligans who are paid to stop Simran Jit Singh Mann speaking at Gurdwaras under SGPC control.

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