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· Wakeley, Australia

Stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd

Christ the Good Shepherd Church

Killed
0
Injured
5
Structures
0
Denomination
Assyrian Orthodox

A 16-year-old attacked Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel with a knife during a livestreamed Monday service in western Sydney. The bishop and several congregants were wounded. A riot followed outside the church.

Australian authorities treated the stabbing as a terrorist incident. It is the most serious attack on a church congregation in modern Australian history.

Source: ABC News Australia · Open report

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