Indian student killed in Canada by stray bullet during shooting incident

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A 21-year-old Indian student, Harsimrat Randhawa, was fatally hit by a stray bullet during a shootout between two vehicles while waiting at a bus stop in Canada, according to Hamilton Police.

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00:00News that's coming in from Canada. Indian student has been killed in Canada's Ontario region.

00:06Indian student was killed by a stray bullet. 21-year-old Harsimrit Randhava has been killed.

00:11The Indian High Commission has taken note of this incident.

00:15An official statement said Harsimrit fatally struck by bullets.

00:19The officials also said homicide probe is underway at the moment.

00:22The shooting incident involved two vehicles.

00:24The Indian authorities now in the know of this unfortunate incident that took place in Canada.

00:3121-year-old Harsimrit Randhava has been killed.

00:35My colleague Shushank Machu is now joining me on the study.

00:37Shushank, this is a very unfortunate news that is coming to the fore.

00:41Barely 21-years-old Harsimrit was standing at the bus stop.

00:45She was killed by an attack that was done by stray bullets.

00:51You're absolutely right.

00:52At this point in time, what we know is that there was, that Harsimrit Randhava was waiting for a bus at the bus stand.

00:59There was a shooting between two vehicles.

01:01Video footage has shown that there was a white car and a black car.

01:05And there was shooting between the occupants of those two vehicles.

01:08It could have been a gangland-style shooting.

01:10Unfortunately, we know that Canada has had those problems in the past.

01:13This is Ontario, which is, of course, the province that has the largest concentration of Indians in Canada.

01:18So, of course, this may have been a gangland-style shooting.

01:20And then you had a stray bullet hit Harsimrit Randhava.

01:23She was hit in the chest.

01:25She was taken immediately to the hospital, but then succumbed there to her injuries.

01:29So, at this point in time, the police of Hamilton, which is the city where she was shot, is looking into the issue.

01:34The Consulate General of India in Toronto has also reached out to provide assistance to the family,

01:39to assist the police authorities in terms of what they would need for this investigation.

01:43But absolutely a tragic incident.

01:45An innocent bystander struck down at just the age of 21 in what appears to be a shooting, a violent shooting in Hamilton, Ontario.

01:55Right, Shashank, please stay on with me.

01:56We've got some more news coming in, this time from the United States of America.

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