US President Barack Obama today called up Prime Minister
Minister Manmohan Singh to convey his condolences over the August 5 shooting
incident at a gurudwara in Wisconsin in which six people were killed during
Sunday morning prayers.
Obama told Singh that the tragic incident would be
investigated. He also chose the occasion to appreciate the contributions made
by the Sikh community in American society.
Singh on his part thanked the US President for the support
extended by the government and people of the US and hoped that measures would
be taken to avoid recurrence of such incidents.
Singh stressed that India and the US, as two pluralistic and
open societies with respect for religious freedoms, should continue to work
against ideologies of violence and hatred.
Various groups in the US had condemned the shooting calling
it a "cold-blooded massacre of innocent worshippers".
A former US Army specialist, with a 9/11 tattoo on his arm,
was later identified as the gunman behind the hate crime against the Sikh
community in the gurudwara.
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