Nine months following the death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, video footage of the incident has emerged, reported by the media. Nijjar, identified as a terrorist by India in 2020, was fatally shot outside a gurudwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on the evening of June 18, 2023.
Video footage of terrorist Hardeep Singh #Nijjar getting killed has surfaced online which reveals a coordinated attack involving six men and two vehicles. pic.twitter.com/nM5eDdgzEw
— Sneha Mordani (@snehamordani) March 9, 2024
The video footage was obtained by CBS News from ‘The Fifth Estate’, a Canadian investigative documentary series airing on the CBS network. CBS News confirmed that the footage was authenticated by multiple sources.
According to the media, the footage depicts Nijjar leaving the gurudwara parking lot in his grey Dodge Ram pickup truck, with a white sedan traveling on the adjacent road. As Nijjar approaches the exit, the sedan pulls in front of his truck, blocking his path. Subsequently, two individuals approach the truck and shoot Nijjar before fleeing the scene in a silver Toyota Camry.
Eyewitnesses, who were playing football nearby at the time of the incident, recounted hearing gunshots and running towards the location. Bhupinder Singh Sidhu, one of the witnesses, mentioned seeing “two guys running” and attempted to provide assistance to Nijjar while his friend, Malkit Singh, pursued the armed assailants.
Malkit Singh pursued the attackers until they fled in the Toyota Camry, noting the presence of three other individuals inside the vehicle, as reported by CBS News. Singh and Sidhu also recalled smelling “smoke from the guns everywhere”.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has not yet named any suspects or made any arrests in connection with Nijjar’s killing, according to CBS News.
The assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar ignited a significant diplomatic dispute between India and Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged in September of the previous year that India was implicated in the incident, suggesting involvement of agents from the Indian government in Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil.
