Sydney church stabbing treated as 'terrorist act'
- Police are treating a knife attack at a western Sydney church as a terrorist act.
- A 15-year-old boy is in custody after an attack at Christ the Good Shepherd Church where Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed live on the church’s livestream.
- The incident was declared a terrorist act by officials, with the attacker not being on a terror watch list.
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Police defend saying Sydney church stabbing was ‘terrorism’
SYDNEY, April 17 — Australian police on Wednesday defended their decision to declare a 16-year-old’s alleged stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church a “terrorist” act as community leaders fretted over its impact. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was slashed on Monday during a live-streamed sermon in the Assyrian community’s Christian church in western Sydney. No one died but the bishop was stabbed in the head and chest and taken to hospital. The attack…
Teen ‘terrorist’ had finger sliced off after stabbing as church calls for calm
THE teen “terrorist” who ruthlessly stabbed a bishop in Sydney is said to have had his finger sliced off during the attack and ensuing church melee. A 16-year-old was arrested by cops after being caught on a live stream lunging at Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel before repeatedly stabbing him in church as shocked witnesses screamed. TwitterThe ‘terrorist’ teen was seen after the attack with his right hand heavily bandaged as reports say he had his fing…
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