'Gurudwara shooting, an act of domestic terrorism'

August 06, 2012 09:07

Tattoos on the body of the slain Sikh temple gunman and certain biographical details led the FBI to treat the attack at a Milwaukee-area temple as an act of domestic terrorism, officials said Sunday to the LA Times.

The shootings in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, left seven dead, including the gunman, and three critically wounded.

A federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media refused to say whether the gunman was thought to belong to a hate group or some other violent group because the investigation was still unfolding.

Contrary to multiple panicked reports from the scene, officials say they believe there was only one shooter.

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