Two Indian men were shot dead in Italy on April 17 as they were leaving a warehouse used as a place of worship during the Vaisakhi festival, PTI reported.

The men, Raginder Singh and Gurmit Singh, were killed in front of the Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Ji in the Covo town in the Bergamo province. The attack reportedly took place a few minutes before midnight.

The shooter was also an Indian who would visit the gurdwara, PTI quoted a witness as having told reporters. The bullets also grazed a third person, the witness said.

About 10 shell casings were recovered from the spot, PTI reported. The authorities were reportedly investigating the hypothesis that the killings were a “coldly planned execution”, according to the news agency.

Preliminary findings indicated that the possibility of a sudden brawl having escalated into bloodshed has been ruled out, the news agency quoted the newspaper La Sicilia as saying.

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