<div>Post-9/11, Sikhs say they are mistaken targets
By TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press
Photo: In this photo taken Thursday, May 19, 2011, Kamaljit Atwal clutches a photo of his slain father, Gurmej Atwal, in his home in Elk Grove, Calif. Gurmej Atwal, 78, and Surinder Singh, 67, where shot in March while taking their daily walk through the neighborhood. Singh died at the scene and Atwal passed away six-weeks after the shooting in what authorities are calling a hate crime. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Sikhs across the U.S. have reported a rise in harassment , assaults and even murders, all because they have been mistaken for Muslim terrorists. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP)
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By TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press
Photo: In this photo taken Thursday, May 19, 2011, Kamaljit Atwal clutches a photo of his slain father, Gurmej Atwal, in his home in Elk Grove, Calif. Gurmej Atwal, 78, and Surinder Singh, 67, where shot in March while taking their daily walk through the neighborhood. Singh died at the scene and Atwal passed away six-weeks after the shooting in what authorities are calling a hate crime. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Sikhs across the U.S. have reported a rise in harassment , assaults and even murders, all because they have been mistaken for Muslim terrorists. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP)
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