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LI Sikhs react in horror to Wisconsin shootings

Mohinder Singh Taneja (left) and Virender Sikka (right)

Photo credit: Newsday/Jessica Rotkiewicz | Mohinder Singh Taneja (left) and Virender Sikka (right) listen as Teji Bindra (center), reacts to the multiple shootings in Wisconsin at the Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Center in Plainview. (Aug. 5, 2012)

Long Island's Sikh community reacted with horror to Sunday's deadly shooting at a Wisconsin temple, as local police increased patrols of their places of worship.

At Gurdwara Sahib in Glen Cove, one of two open Sikh temples on Long Island, the attack hit close to home. Temple leaders said a member's sister recently was married at the Oak Creek, Wis., site, where seven people were killed, including...

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