Alec Salloum
Regina Leader-Post
Amid speculation as to what caused two holes discovered on the side of Rahul Singh’s Sask. Party campaign office, Regina Police Service has confirmed the damage “was not the result of a firearm discharge.”
Singh, who is running for the Saskatchewan Party in the Regina Northeast constituency, says his team noticed the holes after door knocking on Monday evening.
“We called the police right away,” he said from his office on Tuesday.
The Regina Police Service (RPS) confirmed it was notified around 7:30 p.m. Monday and that an investigation had begun. In an update provided Tuesday afternoon, police said officers attended the scene, observed the damage and ruled out a firearm as the cause. An investigation is ongoing.
In both cases, the windows did not shatter and whatever caused the hole appears to have only damaged one pane of glass. There was no glass fragments or damage inside the building.
Prior to the RPS statement, the damage gave rise to speculation and messages of support from the leaders of Saskatchewan’s two main political parties.
“What appears to have happened … is there was at least one bullet that was shot into their campaign office,” said Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe in Prince Albert on Tuesday morning.
“This is unprecedented for our province,” he added. “We’ve seen this in the U.S. Presidential campaign, but not in a provincial Saskatchewan election.”
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Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck said her heart goes out to Singh, the volunteers and the campaign staff working to support” his campaign and that “no politician should ever be subjected to violence.”
As for the possible motivation, Singh didn’t want to speculate.
“I have no idea,” said Singh. “It could be anything, but this kind of violence has no place in Canadian democracy.”
alsalloum@postmedia.com
