Australia: Unknown man attacked bishop and priest in Sydney church.
At least four people, including a bishop, were injured in a knife attacked at a Sydney church on Monday, witnesses and police reported. The incident led to a scuffle between the angry locals and the police.
It was the second high-profile stabbing in Sydney in as many days, after six people were killed in a knife attack at a Bondi-area mall.
After the attack in Wakile, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) west of Sydney’s central business district, officers detained a boy and brought him to an undisclosed location.
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Following the attack, a sizable gathering swiftly assembled outside the church, hurling rocks at the police and demanding that they apprehend the attacker, according to two witnesses.
As they repelled people onto adjacent streets, police opened fire, a Reuters journalist reported. In the end, more than a hundred police officers were dispatched to quell the disturbances; two of them were injured and sent to the hospital.
At Christ The Good Shepherd Church, an Assyrian church, the attack on Monday took place during a service.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, who was injured in a knife attack during worship at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd Church, has forgiven the assailant.
The bishops of the Assyrian Church are recovering quickly and have forgiven the attacker, but police have stepped up investigations into the riots that began after the bishop was stabbed.
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Australia has seen two knife attacks in three days, with six people killed on Saturday at a busy shopping center near Bondi Beach and on Monday at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney’s west, Australia’s most populous. The bishop was attacked in the church in the city.
“I am well and recovering very quickly, there is no need to worry or worry,” Bishop Mar-Marie Emmanuel said in an audio message posted on social media.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel said in his message that I will forgive whoever did this act, I will always pray for whoever sent you to do this, I will also forgive him. will
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is very popular on social media and has a large number of young people following him.
However, the suspected mob protested outside the church demanding the handover of the attacker. The suspect involved in the attack on the bishop has been arrested and is in hospital under police supervision.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb said that the 19-year-old suspect has been charged while Bishop Emmanuel in his message urged his congregation to remain calm and respect the law.
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