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'I couldn't walk anywhere without getting stopped for photos,' says Const. Sukhvinder Sunger. While Const. Sukhvinder Sunger is a traffic cop, and can be found patrolling Vancouver on a motorcycle, his appearance marching in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, turned him into a celebrity for a month, catching the eyes of people around the world. That's because, as the Vancouver Police Pipe Band Drum Major, Sunger appeared in the 76th annual Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in full, formal attire, making a splash in front of hundreds of thousands with his kilt, turban and windswept beard. "If you're a pipe band enthusiast, this is the Super Bowl," Sunger tells Vancouver Is Awesome. "It's on bucket lists. "The tattoo is a prestigious event for the Scots and fans of Scottish culture. It's full of pride, showcasing classic aspects of Scotland, with traditional Highland dress, bagpipes and military parades. It's a point of pride that people come from around the world to experience it. And at this year's event, Sunger became an unexpected star, with a visually arresting uniform. And, as a Sikh man, he wore a turban, a first for a drum major in the tattoo.

Israeli settlers have attacked European diplomats, including a French mayor, near the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The delegation was visiting Palestinian olive harvesters on Saturday when the Israeli attackers confronted the group. The attack comes a day after settlers assaulted a US journalist north of Ramallah. In Saturday’s incident, the settlers targeted Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said. “A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle damaged,” Prevot said, linking the attack to what he called Israel’s “illegal settlement policy” and pledging to push for further European Union sanctions. French mayor Bernard Baudoux, who was assaulted, told the AFP news agency that the violence suggests that “there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government” towards settler violence. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah, said the settlers surrounded the diplomats’ vehicles, pelted them with stones and smashed their windows.