Overview

• No injuries or arrests have been reported after at least nine shots struck the café and neighboring buildings late on July 9
• Surrey Police’s frontline investigative support team and the RCMP have sealed the scene, recovered shell casings and canvassed witnesses
• Investigators are probing possible extremist retaliation and links to an organized extortion racket targeting South Asian businesses in British Columbia
• Harjit Singh Laddi, a suspected Babbar Khalsa International operative, has claimed responsibility in an unverified social media post
• Kap’s Café remains open after issuing a statement condemning the violence and vowing resilience as community leaders call for tighter security measures