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India's Modi, Canada's Trudeau condemn violence at Hindu temple near Toronto

The prime ministers of India and Canada condemned violence that broke out on Sunday at a Hindu temple near Toronto at a. time of escalating diplomatic tensions in between the two. nations.

Videos posted on social media appeared to show people. hitting each other with flagpoles and throwing punches in the. Toronto suburb of Brampton. It was uncertain who instigated the. violence and Reuters might not independently validate what. happened.

The incident took place weeks after Ottawa expelled

six Indian diplomats

, linking them to the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in. 2023 in Canada. It has actually implicated the Indian federal government of. performing a broad campaign against South Asian dissidents in. Canada, something New Delhi denies.

The regional Peel Police said on Monday that three individuals. faced criminal charges over Sunday's protest, without providing. further information.

A number of acts of unlawfulness continue to be actively. examined, the authorities said in a statement.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi provided a highly worded. statement on X on Monday.

I highly condemn the intentional attack on a Hindu. temple in Canada. Similarly terrible are the cowardly attempts to. intimidate our diplomats, Modi stated.

Such acts of violence will never compromise India's. willpower. We expect the Canadian government to guarantee justice and. support the guideline of law, he said.

His Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,. stated on Sunday the acts of violence were undesirable.

India has actually implicated Trudeau of pursuing a political. agenda in their dispute and reacted to Ottawa's expulsion of. its diplomats by expelling 6 Canadian diplomats.

The North America-based activist group Sikhs for Justice. said on Sunday that pro-Khalistan Sikhs who were quietly. showing ... were strongly assaulted by a group of Indo. Canadians.

Indian media reported that an Indian consular camp at. the venue was targeted in the violence.

The foreign ministry in New Delhi stated the violence was. committed by extremists and separatists.

The ministry stated it stayed deeply worried about. the security and security of Indian nationals in Canada.

(source: Reuters)