Four persons were injured when two Canadian Sikh factions,armed with knives and construction axes,clashed at a gurdwara near Toronto.
The brawl,involving as many as 100 people inside the Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Centre in Brampton,about 45-km west of Toronto,was the result of a long-standing disagreement between two groups from the temple,according to the 8216;Montreal Gazette8217;.
Canadian police have arrested three persons in connection with the fight and charged them with assault and possession of dangerous weapons.
8220;We will not tolerate violent behaviour. It8217;s against the law and anybody who refuses to comply with the law will be charged and be dealt with appropriately,8221; said a senior police official.
8220;The investigation is continuing and more people may be arrested,8221; the paper quoted the police official as saying.
This is the second major incident of Sikh violence in the Canadian capital. Early this month,a prominent Indo-Canadian lawyer was stabbed multiple times at another gurdwara on the suburb of Brampton.
The stabbing was allegedly related to the lawyer8217;s decision to invite a controversial Sikh preacher to speak at the gurdwara.
The latest incident comes just a day after a Vaisakhi parade in Vancouver where pro-Khalistan slogan and flags were raised.