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AP-APTN-1830: India US Shooting 2 Tuesday, 7 August 2012 STORY:India US Shooting 2- Indian politicians urge protection for religious communities in US LENGTH: 01:41 FIRST RUN: 1630 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Hindi/Nats SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 853665 DATELINE: New Delhi - 7 August 2012 LENGTH: 01:41 SHOTLIST 1 Mid of SM Krishna, India's External Affairs minister seated (left) with Avatar Singh, President of Sikh Temple Committee 2 Close-up of Singh 3 Pan from journalists to Krishna and Singh 4 Mid of Sikhs seated at meeting 4 SOUNDBITE (English) SM Krishna, Indian External Affairs minister: They need to be assured that such heinous crimes will not take place again and all places of religious worship of the Indian community will be given additional protection I think these are some of the things which I have been able to put across to Secretary Clinton 5 Cutaway of cameras 6 SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Avatar Singh, President of Sikh Temple Committee: We always pray for eternal peace and welfare for all We are god-fearing and wish everyone well It is huge crime for such things to happen to our community, and the entire Sikh community has not been able to get over it yet 7 Cutaway of Singh's hands 8 Pull out to wide of Krishna and Singh shaking hands STORYLINE India's foreign minister, SM Krishna, held talks with prominent Sikh leader Avatar Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday, in the wake of the US shooting that killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin He said he had conveyed to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton his desire too see additional protection given to all places of religious worship of the Indian community in the US They need to be assured that heinous crimes will not take place again, said Krishna Avatar Singh, President of the Sikh Temple Committee said that Sikhs were god fearing people and it was a huge crime for such things to happen to our community, and the entire Sikh community has not been able to get over it yet According to police, the suspected gunman Wade Michael Page who opened fire in the temple on Monday was a failed soldier who played in white supremacist heavy metal bands Page, who was shot to death by police, described himself as a member of the Hammerskins Nation, a skinhead group rooted in Texas that has branches in Australia and Canada, according to the SITE Monitoring Service, a Maryland-based private intelligence firm that searches the Internet for extremist activity His motive remains a mystery Sikhs are often mistaken for Muslims or Arabs, and have been targeted in post-September 11 bias attacks in the US The New York-based Sikh Coalition reported more than 700 incidents in the US since 2001 Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchivecom (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory APTN APEX 08-07-12 1452EDT