Bishop among several people reported stabbed in Sydney church, two days after mall attack
A bishop was among several people reportedly stabbed at a church service in Sydney, Australia on Monday – just two days after the city was rocked by a mass stabbing in a busy shopping mall.
Video of the incident appears to show a clergyman being attacked during a ceremony at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, western Sydney.
Several others immediately attempted to intervene while screams could be heard in the church.
According to details, reported by CNN, the incident took place during a Monday evening sermon at the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney’s suburban city of Wakeley.
Here’s what we know so far:
1) A bishop and multiple worshippers were reportedly attacked on Monday, when a ceremony at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley was underway.
2) The Christian Bishop was reportedly stabbed multiple times.
3) A 15-year-old accused was arrested by New South Wales police following the incident.
4) Police added those hurt did not receive life-threatening injuries and are being treated by paramedics at the scene ahead of being taken to the hospital.
5) According to CNN report, a local official identified the clergyman stabbed as Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel.
6) Earlier on Monday, Australian police said the attacker in Bondi, 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, may have targeted women.
7) In that attack, six people were killed, among which five were women. Also, 12 people were injured, and as of now 8 of them are in the hospital currently.