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Gurdwara chief, priests among US shooting victims

Officials investigating Sunday's shooting at a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, have declined to release the names of the victims, but media reports have pieced together some details from the Sikh community

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Local Milwaukee Journal Sentinel cited a frequent temple goer Manminder Sethi, a dentist who works in Brown Deer, as saying he knows one of the priests, Parkash Singh, who was killed.

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Sethi said Singh, in his mid 30s, has lived in Oak Creek for several years and recently returned to India to bring his wife, daughter and son to live with him in Wisconsin.
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Among those who were shot was the president of the temple, Satwant Kaleka, who was taken to Froedtert Hospital, the Journal Sentinel said.
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A woman wipes away a tear in front of the Sikh Temple at Oak Creek. Photo: AFP

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