Australian church stabbing caught on livestream
A suspect has been arrested after a stabbing at a church in Wakeley, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, left multiple people injured on Monday night. (Credit: Christ the Good Shepherd Church)
Australian police arrested a man suspected of stabbing a church leader and several parishioners during Mass on Monday night, authorities said.
The attack occurred during a livestreamed Mass at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, a suburb in Sydney’s south-west.
NSW Police said officers were called to Welcome Street at around 7.10pm after reports of multiple people being stabbed.
Officers arrested a male suspect who was being questioned by authorities. Police said those injured in the stabbings suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were treated at the scene before being taken to a hospital.
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This still image from a social media livestream shows an attacker approaching Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a service at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, Sydney, Australia, on Monday night. It is reflected. (Christ the Good Shepherd Church/Reuters)
A church livestream showed a man, later identified as Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, behind the church altar as a man walked toward him holding an unknown object. The man lunged at him and began stabbing him in the chest.
Congregants screamed and rushed to the bishop’s aid, but he was seen falling to the ground as the suspect continued his attack.
Police tactical teams are on the scene following a stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. (Reuters/Lewis Jackson)
Bishop Mar Mari Emanuel is the leader of a conservative sect of Assyrian Orthodox Christianity. Sydney Morning Herald.
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On Monday, a man began stabbing a priest at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley, Australia, leaving multiple people with non-life-threatening injuries. (AAP Image/Paul Braven, via Reuters)
Faith NSW CEO Murray Norman said: Australian Broadcasting Corporation He said the stabbing was “horrifying”.
Police are working at the scene of a fatal stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. (AAP Image/Paul Braven, via Reuters)
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“We have not heard about his condition, but the faith community is desperately grieving and praying for the bishop. It is truly terrifying that something like this could happen after everything that has happened this week,” Norman said.
