How a gang run from an Indian jail became listed as a terrorist group in Canada

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.