Canadian police arrest fourth man for Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing
- Amandeep Singh, 22, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder
- Three Indian nationals were previously arrested, and authorities said they were looking into whether the men had ties to the Indian government
Canadian police earlier this month arrested and charged three Indian men in the city of Edmonton in Alberta and said they were investigating whether the men had ties to the Indian government.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced on Saturday that Amandeep Singh, 22, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar’s killing.
Singh, an Indian national who lived in Brampton, Surrey and Abbotsford, was already in custody for unrelated firearms charges out of Peel, Ontario, IHIT said.
Nijjar, 45, was shot dead in June outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population.
Nijjar was a Canadian citizen campaigning for the creation of Khalistan, an independent Sikh homeland carved out of India.
