A close associate of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says his friend was warned by Canadian intelligence officials about being targeted for assassination by 'mercenaries' before Nijjar was gunned down in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday.
A close associate of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says his friend was warned by Canadian intelligence officials about being targeted for assassination by"mercenaries" before Nijjar was gunned down in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday.
He says Nijjar told him that"gangsters" said they were both on a hit list, and that Nijjar received a call days later from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warning that his life was in danger. The National Investigation Agency did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on Nijjar's killing.
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