Five people were
hospitalized Sunday afternoon after what police described as “mutual combat” at
a Sikh temple in Renton.
Renton police
were dispatched to a Sikh temple called Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington at
2:48 p.m., after receiving reports of a large fight between members of the
temple, said Cyndie Morris, a public information officer for Renton police.
Police were told beforehand that weapons were involved, but statements from
people at the scene varied.
When officers
arrived at the temple, they went downstairs where about 15 to 20 temple members
were fighting with each other, Morris said. Police broke up the fight and
Renton firefighters and EMS personnel transported five to six people involved
in the fight to Valley Medical Center in Renton. None of them were believed to
have life-threatening injuries.
One victim had a
puncture wound, police said; a spokesperson for Valley Medical Center described
the incident as a stabbing.
“This appears to
be a case of ‘mutual combat’ among several temple members following a verbal
dispute that escalated,” Morris said. “(It’s) unknown what initiated the
dispute.”
Morris said the
investigation is in the beginning stages. Police are not looking for any
outstanding suspects and nobody was taken into custody at the scene.
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