7 killed, 3 wounded in US Sikh temple shooting
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A gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple in the northern United States on Sunday, triggering a shootout which left him and at least six others dead, local police said.-- PHOTO: AFP
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A police k-9 unit, left, and a robot, (centre), are outside The Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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People wait for word on family and friends in front of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where at least one gunman fired upon people at a service, on Aug 5, 2012, Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A blood stained piece of clothing is seen on a lawn outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Woman walk with a red cross worker outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man reacts outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A woman uses a phone as people react outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple in the northern United States on Sunday, triggering a shootout which left him and at least six others dead, local police said.-- PHOTO: AFP
A police k-9 unit, left, and a robot, (centre), are outside The Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
People wait for word on family and friends in front of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where at least one gunman fired upon people at a service, on Aug 5, 2012, Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
A blood stained piece of clothing is seen on a lawn outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Woman walk with a red cross worker outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A man reacts outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A woman uses a phone as people react outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a shooting took place, on Aug 5, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (AFP) - A gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple in the northern United States on Sunday, triggering a shootout which left him and at least six others dead, local police said.
"An officer arrived on the scene, engaged the shooter and was shot multiple times," Greenfield police Chief Brad Wentlandt told reporters in Oak Creek, outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
"That shooter was put down." "At this time, we have not identified any additional gunmen," he added, contradicting reports of multiple shooters but stressing the situation was "extremely fluid" and that officers were still securing the scene.
Four people were killed inside the temple and three others outside.
