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Early on Friday, Aug. 21, during morning prayers at the Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple in rural Northeast Edmonton, Austin Sim-Pelletier was alleged to have entered and stabbed two Sikh worshippers with a screwdriver.

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Just the day before, Sim-Pelletier had been in prison for multiple acts of violence. Before that he had had several convictions, including for a 2020 shooting outside a........

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