3 Indian-origin men killed in Canada within week

OTTAWA: (Mar 18) Three India-origin persons were killed in Canada during the last seven days -- two cases of homicide, while one died in a group clash -- even as their friends worry they were the target of a racial hate crime, according to media reports.

Edmonton resident Birinder Singh, 22, was shot and killed while driving on a highway south of Leduc on March 14; while on March 13, Davinder Singh, 31, died during a workplace shooting at North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and Gurkirat Singh Manocha, 25, became a victim of an “altercation” outside Fort St John the same day.

“We just heard a gunshot, and within a minute, everything happened, everything has changed,” Birinder's friend, who was in the car with him and another friend, was quoted as saying by Global News on Tuesday.