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Lawrence Bishnoi, shown in 2022, is the leader of the Bishnoi Gang. Canada has designated the gang as a terrorist organization.

The handheld video is shaky, but the message is clear. As two vehicles burn in the driveway, a shooter aims his pistol into the home of Punjabi-Canadian singer AP Dhillon and begins firing – 14 shots shattering the nighttime silence of a sleepy Victoria suburb.

The non-fatal shooting was filmed on a cellphone and posted online by one of two men who committed the September, 2024, attack. Within two months, police in Ontario arrested 25-year-old Abjeet Kingra, but what was more noteworthy was who he said had hired him.

When Mr. Kingra was sentenced last week in B.C. Provincial Court, the judge ruled that the Winnipeg-based man had traversed Canada terr

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