Gun Battle in Vienna Temple Wounds 6

Shooters stormed into temple with knives, gun
By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff
Posted May 24, 2009 9:13 AM CDT
Gun Battle in Vienna Temple Wounds 6
At least six people have been seriously injured after a fight inside a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital Vienna.   (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

A mid-afternoon shootout between members of two families at an Indian religious temple in Vienna left nine people seriously injured, Reuters reports. Authorities arrested six men who barged into the Sikh temple with knives and a gun. The men, who number among the wounded, apparently were extremists who opposed the teachings of the preacher, the BBC adds.
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