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Toronto Sikh temple fight hospitalizes 5

BRAMPTON, Ontario, April 19 (UPI) -- A fistfight among some 70 Sikhs in a temple west of Toronto escalated into a brawl involving hammers and machetes, police said.

Five men were hospitalized and many more were treated for minor injuries at the Guru Nanak Sikh Center, the Toronto Star reported Monday.

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The dispute, between the two opposing groups, is over which group should manage the temple in Brampton, northwest of Toronto, Peel Regional Police Constable George Tudos told the Star.

The injured men had all been released from the hospital by Monday morning, the Globe and Mail said.

Police had been advised earlier in the day there could be trouble and eight officers were stationed outside the temple when the brawl erupted, the Globe said.

Three men were arrested and a fourth was being sought, police said.

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