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Bishnoi Terror Group Shooting Extortion Threat
The India-based Lawrence Bishnoi Gang (designated a terrorist entity by Canada in September 2025) delivered a formal extortion letter to the Abbotsford Police Department on 13 August 2025 explicitly claiming an operational cadre of “upwards of 1,000 individuals willing to carry out these shootings.” The letter framed the gang’s criminal enterprise as a systematic “tax” protection racket targeting businesses.
Threat Level: ELEVATED | This incident is part of a sustained transnational extortion-and-violence campaign against South Asian (primarily Punjabi/Sikh) business owners across British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Manitoba.
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