California gurdwara shootings: 17 men arrested; AK-47, machine gun seized

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Seventeen people have been arrested by police in the US state of California in connection with shootings in gurdwaras at Sacramento, Stockton and other locations, according to the State Attorney General...

The 17 arrests made were mostly members of the local Sikh community, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Yuba City Police Chief Brian Baker, and Sutter County District Attorney Jennifer Dupr said at a press conference...

The arrested accused belong to rival criminal syndicates who are allegedly responsible for several violent crimes and shootings, including five attempted murder incidents in Sutter, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo, and Merced counties, the California Attorney General said.. Members of these criminal syndicates allegedly had a hand in a mass shooting at a Stockton Sikh temple on August 27, 2022 and, another shooting at a Sacramento Sikh temple on March 23 this year...

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