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Tensions high after India denies ties to killing of Sikh activist in Canada

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Mourners carry the casket of Sikh community leader and temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar during Antim Darshan, the first part of a day-long funeral service for him, in Surrey, British Columbia, Sunday, June 25.
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 10. Trudeau said that Canada wasn't looking to escalate tensions, but asked India on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to take the killing of a Sikh activist seriously after India called accusations that the Indian government may have been involved absurd.
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Monday, Sept. 18.
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Moninder Singh, front right, a spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council (BCGC), waits to speak to reporters outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.
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A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.
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A man rides a bike outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.
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Moninder Singh, center, a spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council (BCGC), speaks to reporters outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.
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Khalistan flags are seen outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.
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The Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib is seen in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.
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An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard next to a police barricade outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 19. Tensions between India and Canada are high after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government expelled a top Indian diplomat and accused India of having links to the assassination in Canada of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland.
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A Delhi police officer briefs a group of Indian paramilitary soldiers outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 19.
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An Indian paramilitary soldier directs vehicles outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 19.

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