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FBI asked to keep data on anti-Sikh hate crimes

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Police video
This image was taken from an Aug. 5, 2012 video from Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy's squad car camera. Murphy, who was the first officer on the scene, exchanges fire in the temple parking lot with shooter Wade Michael Page, rear right, as Page emerges from the temple. The video shows Murphy rolling behind a parked car for cover and Page chasing him down, firing multiple shots at him. Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm says Murphy was hit 15 times. Page killed himself following a firefight with Officer Sam Lenda.
AP Photo/Oak Creek Police Department

By LARRY MARGASAK
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The son of a massacre victim at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin is asking the federal government to begin collecting statistics on hate crimes against Sikhs.

The 18-year-old Harpreet Sing Saini urged senators at a hearing Wednesday to give his late mother the dignity of being a statistic.

Saini's mother, Paramjit Kaur Saini, was among six people killed and four wounded by a gunman on Aug. 5 before a service was to begin. The shooter, Wade Michael Page, was shot during a firefight with police and died after he shot himself in the head.

A Justice Department official says the agency will bring together an array of religious groups in October andl make recommendations to the FBI afterward on collecting the information.

More than 400 people attended the hearing.

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Police video
This image was taken from an Aug. 5, 2012 video from Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy's squad car camera. Murphy, who was the first officer on the scene, exchanges fire in the temple parking lot with shooter Wade Michael Page, rear right, as Page emerges from the temple. The video shows Murphy rolling behind a parked car for cover and Page chasing him down, firing multiple shots at him. Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm says Murphy was hit 15 times. Page killed himself following a firefight with Officer Sam Lenda.
AP Photo/Oak Creek Police Department
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Memorial service
Mourners attend the funeral and memorial service for the six victims of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wis., Friday, Aug 10, 2012. The public service was held in the Oak Creek High School.
AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps