Sikh man stabbed to death in his store in US

A Sikh man has been stabbed to death at his store in the US state of New Jersey, the third incident targeting the minority Sikh community in the country in three weeks.

Terlok Singh was discovered dead by his cousin yesterday in his store with an apparent stab wound in the chest.

The Essex County Prosecutor's office is calling the incident a homicide, according to a report in ABC7NY.

The motive behind the killing was not immmediately known.

Singh, described as a very kind person, is survived by his wife and children who live in India. He owned the store to support his family.

His family closed the store as a deeply-saddened community watched in horror.

The news report said Singh ran his store for at least six years and a neighbour said he should not have had to worry about being attacked in his work place.

Civil rights organisation the Sikh Coalition, in a Facebook post, expressed condolences to Singh's family, friends and local community.

Simran Jeet Singh, a visiting scholar at New York University's Center for Religion and Media and a Senior Religion Fellow for the Sikh Coalition, tweeted about Singh's tragic death, saying "this is the third attack on a Sikh in the last three weeks. So tired of all this sadness."