Renton police were dispatched to a Sikh temple called Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington at 2:48 p.m., after receiving reports of a large fight between members of the temple, said Cyndie Morris, a public information officer for Renton police. Police described the violence as “mutual combat”.

SEATTLE – Infighting at a Sikh temple in Renton, Washington sent Five people to the hospital Sunday afternoon. Sikhs around the world wants an end to this kind of Gurdwara Hooliganism.

Police described the violence as “mutual combat”.

Renton police were dispatched to a Sikh temple called Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington at 2:48 p.m., after receiving reports of a large fight between members of the temple, said Cyndie Morris, a public information officer for Renton police.

 Police were told beforehand that weapons were involved, but statements from people at the scene varied, reported Seattle Times.

When officers arrived at the temple, they went downstairs where about 15 to 20 temple members were fighting with each other, Morris said. Police broke up the fight and Renton firefighters and EMS personnel transported five to six people involved in the fight to Valley Medical Center in Renton. None of them were believed to have life-threatening injuries.

One victim had a puncture wound, police said; a spokesperson for Valley Medical Center described the incident as a stabbing. The spokesperson said the stabbing victim would likely be released Sunday evening.

“This appears to be a case of ‘mutual combat’ among several temple members following a verbal dispute that escalated,” Morris said. “(It’s) unknown what initiated the dispute.”

Morris said the investigation is in the beginning stages. Police are not looking for any outstanding suspects and nobody was taken into custody at the scene.

The big fight happened as the temple was hosting an event celebrating religious differences.

Police described it as absolute chaos when they got to the Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington.

Dozens of people were seen running and screaming, trying not to get hurt.

KIRO 7 found out that a man injured himself after grabbing a sword that was in the temple.

And another man was taken to Valley Medical Center after possibly being hit in the head with a baseball bat.

It is not the first time there have been tensions within the Sikh community, police said. Arguments reportedly first started about two to three weeks ago in Kent and carried over to Sunday.