Vancouver downtown streets reopen after protest outside Indian Consulate

Vancouver police have reopened Howe St. between West Cordova and Hastings after a closure due to a planned protest in front of the Indian Consulate.

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) reopened the roadway around 2:30 on Monday afternoon, it was initially closed when the protest began at 12 p.m.

VPD officers were in the area earlier in the day for the protest over the Indian government’s alleged involvement in the killing of Surrey Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

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Nijjar was the president of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey.

At the time of his killing in June, Nijjar was working to organize an unofficial referendum among the Sikh diaspora on independence from India. He had denied India’s accusation that he was a terrorist.

Surrey RCMP Assistant Commissioner Brian Edwards characterized at the time that the “homicide was a brazen act of violence.”

“I am absolutely appalled that this would take place in a house of worship in the City of Surrey,” Edwards said. “It’s disgusting. It’s appalling. And as a community, neither the police or the residents of this community will stand for it.”

“This was a shocking and very public act of violence against a well-known community member and gurdwara president.”

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