Peel police issued a public safety alert Monday evening, after they said some participants were wielding weapons at a demonstration near a Hindu temple in Brampton that saw violent clashes between protesters a day earlier.

Prominent Sikh community leader Jasdip Singh Jassee said that those involved in the attack are not Sikhs. He demanded that the Canadian Government should take strong action against those responsible for it.

Canada's swift action, arresting three people, came as Modi weighed in on the temple attack, condemning it in strict terms