segunda-feira, 20 de setembro de 2010

Radio India director target of shooting

SURREY, British Columbia, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- There were no injuries Monday when the British Columbia home of Radio India's managing director was shot up by "heavy firing," police said.

Surrey Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Maninder Gill, 47, his wife and two children were not hurt but shaken up after the shooting which occurred shortly after midnight, Vancouver's The Province reported.

"He said it was more than 10 shots. He described it as 'heavy firing,'" said Radio India host Gurpreet Singh, who talked with Gill.

Police had no one in custody.

Gill faces several charges, including aggravated assault and two counts of discharging a weapon, in an Aug. 28 shooting at a wedding at Surrey's Guru Nanak temple, the newspaper said.

UPI