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DOCUMENT TEXT REPORT
Document: extrémisme sikh
Created: 2003-12-06 - 11:40:15
Modified: 2007-05-02 - 20:05:06
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1: §1 2007
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5: §2 1998
6: §3 Surrey (C-B)
7: §4 18 novembre 1998
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9: Tara Singh Hayer, éditeur du Indo-Canadian Times (séparatiste Sikh modéré) paralysé depuis une tentative de meurtre en 1988 (1988-08-26), est victime d’un autre attentat alors qu’il sortait de sa voiture pour monter dans sa chaise roulante.
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11: Doc Bahia, un dirigeant de Babbar Khalsa en CB, a payé 50 000$ pour l’assassinat de Hayer à deux membres du crime organisé Sikh, Ravinder (Robbie) Soomel (conducteur de la voiture) et Daljit Basran (tireur).
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13: La famille accuse publiquement la GRC de n’avoir rien fait pour mieux surveiller les extrémistes sikhs qui avaient déjà ciblé Hayer alors qu’ils étaient déjà sous surveillance avant le premier attentat. Harkirat Singh Bagga, le premier attaquant, avait des liens avec Babbar Khalsa et la International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF). Pourtant, la GRC a admis au Vancouver Sun que l’enquête avait été fermée dès l’arrestation de Bagga.
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15: Responsable de l’enquête à la GRC: Sergent Wayne Rideout (Integrated Homicide Investigation Team)
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17: source: http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/dec/12us.htm
18: http://www.sikhtimes.com/news_121403a.html
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21: §5 1993
22: §6 New Delhi
23: §7 24 janvier 1993
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25: la police indienne arrête 4 militants sikhs qui complotaient pour faire exploser plusieurs bombes le jour de la république (26 janvier, anniversaire de l’indépendance du RU). John Major allait prendre part aux célébrations, mais la (les) cible(s) de l’attentat restent floues. Le plan impliquait l’utilisation d’un contrôleur à distance (2km) électronique clandestinement importé du Canada.
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27: Source : Mickolus (1997 : 263-4)
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30: §8 1988
31: §9 Vancouver
32: §10 26 août 1988
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34: A Sikh refugee claimant (Harkirat Singh Bagga), who had arrived in Canada on 2 March 1988 using a stolen passport, shot the editor of the Indo-Canadian Times” (Tara Singh Hayer) at least 3 times in his Surrey office. The weekly newspaper is the largest Punjabi-language paper in Canada, and the editor supports the Khalistan separation movement, but had been critical of those who advocated violence.
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36: Despite defence attempts to portray the attack as being personnaly motivated, the sentencing judge labelled the attempted murder a “political” act, and concluded that others had devised the plan and provided the attacker with a revolver, ammunition, and money. The assailant pleaded guilty to attempted murder on 28 november 1988 ans was sentenced in December 1988 to 14 years in prison. Relâché de prison, Bagga vit maintenant au Punjab.
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38: Au procès de Bagga Robert Stubbings, de la GRC, a expliqué que Bagga, était connu des autorités et sous surveillance. Il avait essayé d’entrer au RU avec l’appui de Gurdeep Singh Sivia, un leader Sikh. 4 mois avant d’arriver au Canada Bagga était à Lahore, au Pakistan, où il habita dans le temple Dera Sahib, dirigé par Satinderpal Singh Gill de Surrey (BC) et Balbir Singh d’Edmonton, deux leaders du ISYF. L’ISYF était, à l’époque, aidée financièrement et matériellement par les services secrets du Pakistan. Le père de Bagga, un leader du Khalistan, était régulièrement hébergé à la maison de Gill quand il visitait le Canada (tout ceci est connu de la GRC avant l’attentat.).
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40: Classification selon Kellett et al :
41: type: émigré
42: cible: média
43: tactique: tentative d’assassinat
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45: OC 29 nov 88, A12; GM 19 dec 88, A3; GM 8 jun 91, A3
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48: §11 Claremont, Ont
49: §12 1er août 1988
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51: The burned remains of a young North York Sikh were found in a field 10 days after he vanished around midnight of 1st August.
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53: The victim had been approached for financial assistance by members of a militant Sikh group and had refused, sending 2 letters to Indian authorities identifying members of the group.
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55: The identity of the perpetrators and their motives were not determined.
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57: Exclu de Kellett et al : insufficient information; perpetrator, motive unclear
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59: TSS 3 nov 88, A4
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62: §13 1986
63: §14 Montréal
64: §15 30 mai 1986
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66: 5 Mtl-area Sikhs were arrested and accused of conspiring to place a bomb aboard an Air India jet leaving New York’s John F. Kennedy airport on 31 May: Gurcharan Singh Banwait, Kashmir Singh Dhillon, Chattar Singh Saini, Santokh Singh Khela et Moninder Singh Anand.
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68: L’arrestation suivit une information donnée à la police. Initialement, le groupe fut accusé de possession d’explosifs, avant d’être augmentées à complot. Banwait, Saini et Anand furent relâchés.
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70: 2 men were convicted and were sentenced to life imprisonment
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72: Exclu de Kellett et al : non-activated conspiracy
73: MG 27 jun 86, A1, A5; MG 24 dec 86, A1; Hamizrachi, 1987: 219
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76: §16 Gold River (C-B)
77: §17 25 mai 1986
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79: A car carrying 4 people, one of them a visiting Punjab cabinet minister, Malkiad Singh Sidhu, was forced to stop when a vehicle pulled in front some 6 miles from Gold River. 4 men attacked the car, smashing the windows and then firing five .32 calibre bullets, two of which hit the minister (Mickolus dit, 4 balles dans la poitrine). He feigned death and the attackers fled. The victim recovered from his wounds before returning to India.
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81: 4 Canadian Sikhs were convicted of the offence (tentative de meurtre) in February 1987 and were sentenced to 20 years in prison and prohibited from possessing fire arms or explosives for an additional 25 years; Armajit Singh Dhindsa, Jasbir Singh Atwal, Jaspal Singh Atwal et Sukhdial Singh Gill.
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83: Source additionnelle: Mickolus (1989b : 404)
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85: Classification de Kellett et al :
86: type:émigré
87: cible: diplomatique
88: tactique: tentative d’assassinat
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90: OC 27 may 86, 1; OC 27 feb 87, A3; GM 13 sep 86, A4; R. v. Dhindsa et al (1986) 30 C.C.C. (3d), 368-379; Hamizrachi, 1987: 218
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93: §18 Vancouver
94: §19 janvier 1986
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96: The RCMP bomb squad defused a bomb left in a paper bag at the door of the Modern Printing House in Surrey (the publisher of the Indo-Canadian Times, a Pro-Khalistan paper). The bomb consisted of several sticks of dynamite, detonating caps and a timing device. No group has claimed responsibility.
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98: Exclu de Kellett et al : insufficient information, perpetrator, motive unknown
99: Maclean’s 23 june 86, 12; CTT, XIII, 9, 1988:2
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101: L’éditeur de l’Indo-Canadian Times sera victime d’une tentative et puis d’un meurtre dans les années suivantes.
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104: §20 1985
105: §21 Toronto
106: §22 3 août 1985
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108: A Toronto Sikh was badly beaten dy 5 assailants in the underground garage of his apartment building in Etobicoke. Only 4 days before the incident he had helped to set up a group to support the Indian government.
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110: A spokesman for pro-Khalistan separatists denied allegations of complicity. The perpetrators’ motives were unclear.
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112: Exclu de Kellett et al : insufficient information, perpetrators and motive unclear
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114: GM 5 aug 85,9
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117: §23 Tokyo
118: §24 23 juin 1985
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120: A bomb exploded at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, killing 2 and injuring 4 airport workers. The bomb had been hidden in a stereo tuner placed in a bag checked onto a Canadian Pacific Air flight in Vancouver.
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122: Les bagages étaient sur le point d’être chargés à bord du vol Air India 301 vers Bombay.
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124: Deux appels anonymes au New York Times revendiquèrent l’attentat au nom de 1) the Sikh Student Federation et 2) le Kashmir Liberation Front. Un troisième appel à la CBC revendiqua l’attaque au nom d’un autre groupe.
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126: On 10 mai 1991, a former British Columbia resident was convicted on 2 counts of manslaughter and on charges of acquiring, possessing, and using explosives charges. On 10 juin 1991, he was sentenced to 10 years on each of 2 manslaughter charges and 3 years on each of the 4 related explosives charges. The sentences will be served concurrently. An appeal may be forthcoming
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128: Exclu de Kellett et al : incident occured outside Canada
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130: Mulgrew, 1988: 138-139; Facts on File 28 jun 85, 474; Bergeron; GM 11 mai 91, A1-A5; GM 11 jun 91, A1
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133: §25 Océan Atlantique - Écosse
134: §26 23 juin 1985
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136: Air India flight 182, en route to India from Toronto and Mtl, via London, England, crashed off the coast of Ireland, all 329 persons on board were killed, 279 of whom were Canadian.
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138: Deux appels anonymes au New York Times revendiquèrent l’attentat au nom de 1) the Sikh Student Federation et 2) le Kashmir Liberation Front. Un troisième appel à la CBC revendiqua l’attaque au nom d’un autre groupe.
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140: Au départ, une enquête du gouvernement indien conclua à une bombe dans un bagage, ce qui fut mis en doute par les autorités canadiennes.
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142: Le rapport accusa deux extrémistes, Lal Singh et Annand Singh, d’avoir placé la bombe à bord à Toronto. Les deux frères avaient été entraînés dans un camp de mercenaires en Alabama. Ils sont également impliqués dans un complot pour assassiner Rajiv Gandhi.
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144: Exclu de Kellett et al : incident occured outside Canada
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146: Mulgrew, 1988: 137-141; United States Department of State, 1985: 37; Bergeron
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149: §27 Vancouver
150: §28 février 1985
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152: A Sikh lawyer, outspokenly critical of Sikh political violence, was severely beaten with an iron bar by an unknown assailant in the parking lot behind his law office.
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154: Exclu de Kellett et al : insufficient information, attacker, motive unknown
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156: Maclean’s 23 jun 86, 12
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159: §29 1984
160: §30 Winnipeg
161: §31 18 juillet 1984
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163: Sikhs attacked India’s acting high commissioner as he was leaving the Winninpeg Free Press building.
164: They pelted him with eggs and pounded his car with fists and long sticks, in protest against the Indian army attack on the Golden Temple.
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166: 3 men subsequently pleaded guilty to the attack and, together with a 4e man, received 30-day sentences for common assault.
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168: Exclu de Kellett et al : protest-related violence
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170: WFP 12 june 86, 1
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173: §32 Toronto
174: §33 5 juillet 1984
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176: During anti-Indian demonstrations in Toronto, following the Indian army’s attack on Golden Temple, a Sikh stormed into the Indian Consulate and smashed at least one of the photographs of Indian leaders.
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178: Consular staff refused to testify and the case did not go to court.
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180: Exclu de Kellett et al : low-level violence, vandalisme, probably spontaneous
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182: GM 28 nov 85, A12; Mulgrew, 1988: 113
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185: §34 Vancouver
186: §35 4 juin 1984
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188: 2 sword-swinging Sikhs attacked the Indian Consulate in Vancouver in the wake of the Indian army attack on the Golden Temple. Portraits were smashed, and a glass door leading to the consul-general’s office was also broken.
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190: 2 men were taken into custody, but were released after a crowd demonstrated outside the consulate demanding their release. Consular staff refused to press charges.
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192: Exclu de Kellett et al : insufficient information; possibly spontaneous
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194: Mulgrew, 1988: 112, 114; OC 5 june 84, 2
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197: §36 1982
198: §37 Toronto
199: §38 14 novembre 1982
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201: A Sikh demonstration in front of the Indian Consulate, intended to protest the treatment of Sikhs in India, developed into e melee when counter-demonstration from another Sikh temple shouted pro-Indian slogans.
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203: One demonstrator pulled out a handgun and opened fire, wounding a plainclothes policeman and 3 other persons.
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205: Exclu de Kellett et al : protest-related violence
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207: GM 28 nov 85, A12; TS 25 aug 86; Maclean’s 8 jul 85
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210: §39 Toronto
211: §40 18 mars 1982
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213: After a judge had just ruled against him in a case heard at Osgoode Hall, a Sikh emigré pulled out a .357 magnum revolver and sprayed the courtroom with bullets, killing 2 and wounding another.
214: The shooting occured during civil proceedings concerning a dispute between rival Sikh factions in Toronto. The assailant hoped to reverse the result of a Temple election, and thereby to give the control of Temple funds to a fundamentalist faction that would support the cause of Sikh separatism.
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216: Exclu de Kellett et al : trial imminent, motivation personal
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218: GM 13 apr 85, M1
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221: §41 1978
222: §42 Mission (C-B)
223: §43 1er janvier 1978
224:
225: A prominent Sikh realtor was found hanging in a vacant house in Mission. He had been tortured. He was apparently a casualty in a power struggle for control of a temple in Clearbrook, BC.
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227: Exclu de Kellett et al: insufficient information, perpertrator and motive uncertain
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229: Mulgrew, 1988: 104-105; Maclean’s, 23 june 86, 11
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