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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has not yet confirmed the victimsa国际传媒檚 name. It is holding a presser at the Surrey RCMP detachment building in Newton this afternoon.

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Pierotti declined to comment on the tweet Monday morning.

The president of one of Canada's most prominent places of worship, a BC registered non profit society, was assassinated in broad daylight yesterday. This was an act of Indian government-orchestrated terrorism on Canadian soil.

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Police were called to the parking lot of the temple, in the 7000-block of Scott Road in Newton, at 8:27 p.m. and found the victim in his truck, suffering from sa国际传媒渁pparentsa国际传媒� gun shot wounds. He died at the scene.

Surrey RCMP Staff Sgt. Tyner Gillies said police are looking for video footage.

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