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Vol. 6 No. 140 Tel: 780-2000-246 www.asiantribune.ca, editor@asiantribune.ca 25 December, 2015
Petty Greed Took Precious Lives ‘«Ê¡≈Ï≥Á Ò∞‡«∂ ¡ª ÚºÒ∫Ø ÁØ √‡Øª Á∂ Ú’ª Á∆ ◊ØÒ∆ Ó≈ ’∂ ‘º«Â¡≈ Edmonton (ATB): Three masked attackers gunned down two Mac’s convenience store workers in separate south Edmonton stores last Friday morning, before officers spotted a trio of suspicious individuals at a third Mac’s store and chased them down the Whitemud Drive. Under arrest are a 13year-old boy and two men in their 20s. Neither of the slain men fought back against their killers, said Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht. “They’re heinous acts. These were extreme acts of violence. I talked to the investigators before I came in here, and
they say it was overthe-top violence. A b s o l u t e l y unnecessary, gratuitous, evil,” a stone-faced Knecht told reporters at last week news conference. One of the victims was Karanpal Singh Bhangu, a 35-year-old man who had moved to Edmonton this summer with his son Royce, said C-Anne
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Mac’s store on 32nd Avenue and 82nd Street. Police were first alerted to the crimes when someone sounded a panic alarm at that Millwoods Mac’s — the type of occurrence that’s a routine call for police, Knecht said. Police called the store three times. No one answered. An officer drove over to check on the alarm and found Bhangu grievously injured. The officer called for backup. Although police tried to revive him, he died in hospital. Meanwhile, a delivery man walked into a Mac’s store at 109th Street and 61st Avenue to find a trail (Continued Page..7)
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Obama urged to remove restrictions on Sikhs in US army A prominent SikhA m e r i c a n organisation has urged US President Barack Obama to allow Sikhs to serve in the American military “without restrictions”. Obama in turn promised to look into the matter and agreed to follow up, according to the Sikh Council on Religion and Education. The chairman of the council, Rajwant Singh, met Obama at the White House on Wednesday and pressed him to allow Sikhs in US armed
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forces without any restrictions.“US President promised to look into the matter and agreed to follow up,” a media release said. Singh and his wife were invited to the White House Holiday reception hosted by the First Family.
“You have to allow Sikhs to serve in the Army without any restriction. They are only able to serve if Pentagon gives them an exception. This needs to go. Please do not leave office without taking away this restriction against
Sikhs,” Singh told the President. “Sikhs are great warriors. I will look into it and will follow up,” the release quoted Obama as saying. Singh also pointed out to Obama that Canada has a turban wearing Sikh as its defence minister, which the P r e s i d e n t acknowledged. Earlier this month, in a rare exception, an activeduty Sikh combat soldier in the US army was granted a temporary r e l i g i o u s accommodation that allowed him to grow his beard and wear a turban.