US Sikhs leave bullet hole to mark mass shooting
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Family and friends and community members gather at Oak Creek High School to mourn the loss of six members of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug 10, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mourners say a pray during a memorial service at Oak Creek High School to mourn the loss of six members of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug 10, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
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United States Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during the wake and visitation service for victims of last Sunday's attack at a Sikh temple, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Aug 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Community members pay respects to the six victims in the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin at the Oak Creek High School, Aug 10, 2012, Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Mourners attend the funeral and memorial service for the six victims of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Friday, Aug 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Sikh temple members bring in a casket for the funeral and memorial service for the six victims of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Friday, Aug 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Family and friends and community members gather at Oak Creek High School to mourn the loss of six members of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug 10, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mourners say a pray during a memorial service at Oak Creek High School to mourn the loss of six members of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug 10, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
United States Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during the wake and visitation service for victims of last Sunday's attack at a Sikh temple, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Aug 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Community members pay respects to the six victims in the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin at the Oak Creek High School, Aug 10, 2012, Oak Creek, Wisconsin. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mourners attend the funeral and memorial service for the six victims of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Friday, Aug 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Sikh temple members bring in a casket for the funeral and memorial service for the six victims of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Friday, Aug 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (AP) - Thousands on Friday mourned the six victims gunned down at a Sikh Temple in the United States (US) state of Wisconsin, after members worked late the previous night to remove all but the one trace of the shooting hole to mark the memory of a white supremacist's deadly rampage.
The waist-high bullet hole in a door jamb near the main prayer room was left as a memorial to the six slain worshippers.
"We will put a plaque here," Mr Harpreet Singh, the nephew of one of the victims, said on Friday. "We will make sure they are never forgotten."
Members showed The Associated Press the small hole during an exclusive tour of the temple. While most other physical reminders of the horror have been scrubbed or painted away, temple members said they could still feel the spirits of those who died.
