Several arrested after armed men occupy gurudwara in UK

Police made arrests for aggravated trespass after 20 to 30 men, some armed with blades, occupied a Sikh temple in central England on Sunday

London: Police made arrests for aggravated trespass after 20 to 30 men, some armed with blades, occupied a Sikh temple in central England on Sunday. A Sikh youth group said it was protesting the temple’s use for interfaith weddings.

Armed police yesterday surrounded the gurdwara in the town of Leamington Spa after a gang of 20-30 sword-wielding men stormed the Sikh temple. Officers from Warwickshire police were inside the Gurdwara Sahib to negotiate with the men. Several hours after the incident began, police said they had made “a number of arrests” on suspicion of aggravated trespass. A spokesperson for Warwickshire police said: “The report was received at 6.47 am after a group of men entered the temple.”

The police added that the incident wasn’t related to terrorism, but was “an escalation of an ongoing local dispute.”

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