Barack Obama Speaks On Sikh Victims

	Barack Obama Speaks On Sikh Victims President Barack Obama has said the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was "an attack on the freedom of all Americans" as he paid tribute to the victims. Army veteran Wade Michael Page killed five men and one woman, and wounded three other people, including a police officer, in the ambush on the temple last week. He later took his own life during a shootout with police. Speaking at a White House dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Mr Obama said no American should ever have to fear worshipping in public. "While we may never fully understand what motivates such hatred, such violence, the perpetrators of such despicable acts must know that your twisted thinking is no match for the compassion, and the goodness, and the strength of our united American family," he said. His comments came after thousands of people attended a service to mourn the dead victims. The victims included temple president Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, who was shot as he tried to fend off Page with a knife. His son, Pardeep Kaleka, remembered his father as a selfless man who often told him: "You make a living by what you make, but you make a life by what you give." One bullet hole in a doorway leading to the main prayer hall has been left unrepaired as a memorial to the victims. The attack came less than three weeks after a mass shooting in Colorado on July 20, when 12 people were killed and 58 injured as a gunman opened fire during a packed premiere of Batman film The Dark Knight Rises <b>...</b>	From: DynamoMor Views: 0 0 ratings
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