California Sikhs shocked by murders

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/29/BA3SU67U7.DTL

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The Kalsis were killed just after 9 p.m. Thursday, as they were closing Sahib Indian Restaurant, which they'd owned for five years, at 12221 San Pablo Ave. Two suspects, whom police described as Asian or Latino, approached the restaurant door and shot Ravinder, 30, as he let them in. The suspects then chased Paramjit, 42, into the rear of the restaurant and shot him before fleeing.

The restaurant was not robbed, and police do not think the incident is linked to a recent string of armed takeovers at East Bay Asian restaurants, Gagan said.

The East Bay Sikh community was stunned and enraged at the news.

"These were the most gracious, hardworking, spiritual guys," said Gurman Bal, the brothers' former roommate in Berkeley and a fellow member of the Sikh temple in El Sobrante.

"If the police can't capture the monsters who did this, they should just dissolve the police department and let people fend for themselves."

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I can't say I know any Sikhs but they own a gas station near where I used to have my house.