Murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi

Content note: this entry describes racial violence.

Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh gas-station owner in Mesa, Arizona, was shot and killed four days after 9/11 in what is widely recognized as the first fatal hate crime of the post-9/11 backlash.

Communities

• Sikh
• Indian American

Event type

• racial violence
• violence

Regions

• South Asian