New Yorkers remember Wisconsin shooting victims in evening vigil – in pictures

The vigil remembered the six people killed in Sunday's shooting, and expressed gratitude for police officer Lt Brian Murphy, who is currently recovering from bullet wounds sustained in the attack
Photograph: Chitrangada Choudhury

Over 500 people from New York city and surrounding areas attended the vigil, cheering when faith leaders spoke for the need for stronger gun control laws
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Subeg Singh, 84, seen in this photograph, was among the six killed on Sunday at the Oak Creek gurdwara. He was a farmer from northern India, and had moved to Oak Creek in 2004, to live with his son's family
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Paramjit Kaur, 41, was the only woman to be killed in Sunday's shooting. She arrived with her husband, Inder, from Punjab eight years ago and worked at a medical instruments company. She is survived by her husband and two teenage sons
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Ranjit Singh, 49, a worker at the Oak Creek temple, was scheduled to visit Delhi later this year to meet his family for the first time in 15 years. His younger brother Sita Singh was also killed in the shooting
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Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, whose picture is held on the right, was the head of the Oak Creek gurdwara. During Sunday's attack, he attempted to thwart Wade Michael Page, before succumbing to bullet injuries
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A young woman at the vigil reads a flyer about the Sikh religion and America's Sikh community. Sikh civil rights groups have tried to draw attention to a series of hate crimes such as physical attacks and verbal abuse experienced by individuals from the community
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Two Tibetan Buddhist women were among the few hundred who attended Thursday's vigil in downtown Manhattan
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New Yorkers from a range of backgrounds came out on Thursday evening to express solidarity with the Sikh community
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Sikh immigration to America dates back to the turn of the 20th century. The oldest Sikh temple in the country, the Stockton Gurdwara in Stockton, California, is now a hundred years old
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Speaking at a vigil on Wednesday, Wisconsin's governor, Scott Walker, had said the legacy of the killings should be for people to pay a little more attention to their fellow citizens, neighbours and friends. The message was reiterated by speakers at the New York vigil
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The crowd listened to religious leaders from diverse institutions including the city's Riverside Church speak about the value of cultural difference
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Lt Brian Murphy, the officer who was injured in the attack has been greatly praised in the community. A Sikh organisation in Delhi, India has said it would like to give him a $5,000 award to express gratitude for his bravery during the shooting
Photograph: Chitrangada Choudhury

Sikh civil rights groups have tried to draw attention to a series of hate crimes such as physical attacks and verbal abuse, experienced by individuals from the community
Photograph: Chitrangada Choudhury