Photo

Members of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin pray inside the place of worship Sunday, August, 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Regular Photo Size

Conn. Shooting

What the Veep? If guns shot chocolate

A 7-year-old boy from Milwaukee is making a stand against gun …

Op-Ed: Trust down, partisanship rises

Gen Y has been called lazy, haplessly doomed and politically …

New London arms schools with radios

The New London Police Department and school district have …

Senate votes down gun background checks

The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal …

Senate votes to end gun bill filibuster

Gun control supporters have won the first Senate showdown over …

Sikh community shocked by Conn. school shooting

Updated: Friday, 14 Dec 2012, 5:25 PM CST
Published : Friday, 14 Dec 2012, 5:25 PM CST

OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Sikh temple that was the target of an August attack is expressing condolences over the Connecticut school shooting.

A statement released Friday says the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin is sending its "best intention and energy" to the parents of the children and the victims' families.

In August, a white supremacist killed a half-dozen people at the Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee before killing himself.

Amardeep Kaleka, whose father was among the Sikhs killed, says he can "feel the pain" that the families are going through.

In the statement, Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, says Sikhs are "heartbroken today."

He appealed to all Sikh places of worship to hold candlelight vigils and to offer prayers for the families this weekend.