White House says it supports full probe into Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death amid Canada-India row

The White House said Thursday it supports a law enforcement investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada but declined to wade into thorny diplomatic matters around the killing that involves India, a key ally in Asia.

The U.S. is in an awkward spot after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week made the shocking allegation there was a potential link between “agents of the government of India” and the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh Canadian citizen, in a Vancouver suburb.

“As soon as we heard from the Canadian prime minister...