Did America thwart an Indian assassination plot?

JUSTIN TRUDEAU, Canada’s prime minister, sparked a furore on September 18th when he announced in Parliament that India was suspected of assassinating a Sikh separatist and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Vancouver in June. It may not have been the only such case. On November 22nd the reported that America had foiled an Indian plot to kill another separatist, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual American-Canadian citizen, in New York.India’s government has long accused Canada of a lax attitude towards those who want to establish a Sikh state, known as , in northern India. Canadian Khalistanis blew up an Indian airliner in 1985. Sikh extremists in America were considered a lesser problem, though Mr Pannun, whom India designated as a terrorist three years ago, publishes fiery videos from his wood-panelled office. On November 4th he issued veiled threats against an Air India flight.