Peel police issued a public safety alert Monday evening, after they said some participants were wielding weapons at a demonstration near a Hindu temple in Brampton that saw violent clashes between protesters a day earlier.

Prominent Sikh community leader Jasdip Singh Jassee said that those involved in the attack are not Sikhs. He demanded that the Canadian Government should take strong action against those responsible for it.

A Hindu temple near Toronto where violence erupted over the weekend was the site of another demonstration this week that police broke up after they say weapons were spotted in the crowd. Peel Regional Police said in social media updates that the demonstration in Brampton,