On 11 November 1987, Batth and Sunder attended a prayer meeting held by Mahraz Darshan Das, 34, at
Dormers Wells High School in
Southall,
London. Das was a preacher and self-styled
Guru who was disliked by fundamentalist Sikhs for his moderate views. The perpetrators had attended several of Das' meetings beforehand. A witness recalled that Batth looked uncomfortable during one of them. After making a statement, Das walked to the front of the stage to talk to the congregation. The two gunmen then stood up and moved towards him. Sunder yelled at him in
Punjabi: "what's all this, you dog" before pulling out his
sawed-off shotgun from under his coat and firing at Das, missing. Batth subsequently jumped up to the stage, retrieved his .38-caliber revolver from his waistband, and fatally shot Das in the back of the head at point-blank range. The bullet penetrated the back of his ear and ricocheted to his chest. Panesar died 11 days later while Bimbrah was discharged from the hospital on 20 November 1987. Members of the crowd then rushed towards the gunmen to subdue them. A man tackled Batth and disarmed him without incident. 44-year-old Jaga Singh pushed Sunder to the ground, disarmed him, and punched him. However, Sunder pulled out his .22-caliber pistol and shot him in the abdomen. He died five hours later during surgery at
Ealing Hospital. The police and ambulances soon arrived. The shooters were arrested and then taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries inflicted on them by the congregation. A cassette tape used to record hymns and prayers captured audio of 38-second-long shooting. == Perpetrators ==