Vienna ? Sikhs wielding knives and a handgun attacked two preachers at a rival temple in Vienna in a brawl that left one of the victims dead and at least 15 others wounded, police said. A related clash later broke out in northern India.

Witnesses said a group of bearded and turbaned men attacked the religious leaders at the temple in Austria’s capital on Sunday and their followers moved to defend them.

The preachers were among the six people who suffered serious wounds and were identified by Indian diplomats and police as Niranjan Das and Sant Rama Nand.

Both were initially described as in satisfactory condition after operations for gunshot wounds. But a police official who declined to identify himself, said early today that the condition of Nand, 57, subsequently worsened and he died shortly after midnight.