The World - News from March 7, 1986
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Sikh terrorists ambushed the entourage of a moderate Sikh leader with submachine guns, wounding him and two others before spraying a crowd of bystanders and killing six people. The six gunmen, apparently wearing police uniforms, opened fire on Kabul Singh, acting president of the powerful Sikh Temples’ Management Committee, as he drove through Kapurtha in northern Punjab state. It was the bloodiest attack by suspected extremists seeking an independent Sikh homeland since the moderate Akali Dal party swept to power in state elections last September.
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