A video of terrorist Nijjar's killing, coordinated op, bickering cops: Report
A CCTV video that captured the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead by two gunmen after his truck was blocked by a sedan in the parking lot of a gurdwara in Canada's Surrey, has emerged.
Moments leading to the shooting and the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a gurdwara in Surrey in Canada's British Colombia province in June have been captured by a CCTV camera. At least six men and two vehicles were involved in the killing, according to a CCTV video reviewed by The Washington Post and eyewitnesses it spoke to.
The American newspaper said that the 90-second video recording reviewed by it showed Nijjar's grey pickup truck and a white sedan driving parallel in the parking lot of the gurdwara.
The white sedan suddenly pulls in front and brakes to block Nijjar's pickup truck, according to The Washington Post's report based on the video.
Two men in hooded sweatshirts appear from a covered waiting area and point their firearms at the truck driver's seat, the video shows, and then the sedan exits the parking lot. The two men then run in the same direction. According to community members, the unidentified assailants fired about 50 bullets, of which 34 hit the chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force.
HOW DID THE INCIDENT UNFOLD?
In the video reviewed by The Washington Post, Nijjar's truck is seen pulling out of a parking space. The sedan appears in an adjacent lot, pulls up and drives parallel to the truck. Both vehicles are initially separated by a walkway.
When the truck speeds up, the sedan, too, increases its speed and matches the pace of the truck. Nijjar's pickup truck merges into the sedan's lane and both vehicles are side-by-side for a moment.
As the vehicles are about to exit the parking lot, the sedan overtakes the truck, comes in fr ont of it and brakes to block its path, The Washington Post reported.
The two men in hooded sweatshirts appear and move toward the truck. They point a firearm each at the truck driver's seat. The sedan then leaves the parking lot and disappears. The two men are then seen running in the same direction as that of the sedan.
Bhupinderjit Singh, a volunteer at the gurdwara, was playing football nearby when he heard what he first believed were "fireworks".
"My second thought was gunshots and our president," he told the Washington Post, referring to Nijjar. He then reached Nijjar's pickup truck, opened the side door and grabbed his shoulders.
"It was blood and shattered glass everywhere. The ground was strewn with bullets," Bhupinderjit Singh was quoted as saying.
The police received a first report of the shooting around 8:27 pm (local time), according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
The entire incident was captured by a gurdwara CCTV camera. The footage has been shared with Canadian investigators.
The American newspaper report also highlighted the bickering between Surrey police and RCMP over who would head a probe into Nijjar's killing.
"There was an hours-long tussle between Surrey police and the RCMP. They couldn’t decide who would head the investigation, so there was a delay," Bhupinderjit Singh told The Washington Post.
When asked about his claims, the Surrey Police Service directed The Washington Post to the RCMP. Neither the RCMP nor its homicide investigation team responded to The Washington Post's queries.
INDIA-CANADA DIPLOMATIC STANDOFF OVER NIJJAR'S KILLING
Last week, the diplomatic row between India and Canada erupted following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations of a "potential" involvement of Indian government agents in Nijjar's killing.
India strongly rejected the allegations as "absurd" and "motivated" and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move to Ottawa's expulsion of an Indian official over the case.
In reflection of the hardening of its position, India advised all its nationals living in Canada and those contemplating travelling there to exercise "utmost caution" in view of growing anti-India activities and "politically-condoned" hate crimes as well as "criminal violence" in the North American country.
India also announced temporarily suspending issuance of visas to Canadian citizens in view of "security threats" faced by its high commission and consulates in Canada.
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