Members of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin wash items as they return for the first time in Oak Creek

Members of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin wash items as they return for the first time in Oak Creek, Wis., Thursday, Aug 9, 2012. The mass shooting last Sunday claimed six members of the temple. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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Sikhs allowed to return to temple after shooting

Updated: Thursday, 09 Aug 2012, 5:18 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 09 Aug 2012, 12:32 PM CDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Sikhs are returning to a suburban Milwaukee temple for the first time since the shootings that killed six worshippers and left three other people critically wounded.

Inderjeet Singh Dhillon is a community leader at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. He says the FBI returned the temple keys to members about 9 a.m. Thursday.

He says he and others are now working on cleanup and construction work.

Temple leaders say they're planning a ceremony Friday to honor the six killed. The ceremony involves a series of priests reading their holy book aloud from cover to cover, a rite that takes 48 hours.

The Sunday attack was carried by Wade Michael Page, a white supremacist who then shot and killed himself after a shootout with police.

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