Sikh storeowner stabbed to death in New Jersey

3RD ATTACK IN 3 WEEKS

NEW YORK: A Sikh man has been stabbed to death at his store in the US state of New Jersey, the third incident targeting the minority Sikh community in the country in three weeks.

Terlok Singh was discovered dead by his cousin on Thursday in his store with an apparent stab wound in the chest.

The Essex County prosecutor’s office is calling the incident a homicide, according to a report in ABC7NY. The motive behind the killing was not immediately known.

Singh, described as a very kind person, is survived by his wife and children who live in India. He owned the store to support his family. His family closed AUGUST 6: 71-year-old Sahib Singh was attacked in Manteca, California, when he went for a morning walk

JULY 31: 50-year-old Surjit Malhi was attacked in California when he was putting up campaign signs in support of incumbent Republican Congressman Jeff Denham and other local Republican candidates the store as a deeply-saddened community watched in horror.

The news report said Singh ran his store for at least six years and a neighbour said he should not have had to worry about being attacked in his workplace.

In a Facebook post, civil rights organisation the Sikh Coalition expressed condolences to Singh’s family, friends and local

community. Simran Jeet Singh, a visiting scholar at New York University’s Centre for Religion and Media and a senior religion fellow for the Sikh Coalition, tweeted about Singh’s tragic death, saying: “This is the third attack on a Sikh in the 3 weeks. So tired of all this sadness.”