The Consulate Basic of India in San Francisco has condemned a sequence of capturing incidents concentrating on the Iskcon Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, calling it a “latest firing incident” and urging authorities to behave swiftly. “We strongly condemn the latest firing incident on the ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. The Consulate extends full assist to all of the devotees and the neighborhood and urges the native authorities to take immediate motion to carry the perpetrators to justice,” the Consulate mentioned in an announcement.Over the previous a number of days, the temple, famend globally for its annual Holi Pageant, has come below repeated assault, with between 20 to 30 bullets fired on the constructing and surrounding grounds. Iskcon confirmed the shootings on social media, describing the incidents as suspected hate crimes that occurred throughout nighttime hours, whereas devotees and friends had been current inside. “The incidents… have resulted in hundreds of {dollars} in structural harm, together with to the temple’s hand-carved arches,” Iskcon tweeted.Fox Information reported that the shootings have rocked the temple, which sits on a 15-acre hilltop campus and has stood as a neighborhood sanctuary for greater than 20 years. The temple, constructed within the early Nineties, homes peacocks, llamas and cows alongside the place of worship. According to temple president Vai Warden, the constructing was shot at on three separate events in June. Bullet holes now mark the arches, partitions, and home windows. “We’ve gone on effectively over these final a long time with no hassle, and now all of the sudden, whether or not it’s non secular or politically motivated, we don’t know,” Warden mentioned.Safety footage captured a car pulling as much as the temple gates earlier than photographs had been fired. Shell casings had been later recovered on the scene. “We imagine this was primarily based on hate,” Warden added. “We need to discover out who did this and stop this from taking place once more.”