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A man was arrested successful nan suburbs of Sydney, Australia aft reportedly stabbing a Christian bishop and respective others wrong a church, Australian constabulary said Monday.
New South Wales Police said officers were deployed to an reside successful nan municipality of Wakeley, "following reports a number of group were stabbed."
"Officers arrested a antheral and he is assisting constabulary pinch inquiries. The injured group suffered non-life threatening injuries and are being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics," a constabulary connection shared pinch CBS News said.
An unverified video circulating connected societal media showed a man successful achromatic clothing stepping toward a bishop astatine an altar earlier appearing to stab him repeatedly. People tin beryllium seen screaming and rushing toward nan man pursuing nan attack.
A man stabs Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a religion work astatine Christ The Good Shepherd Church successful Wakeley, Sydney, Australia, April 15, 2024, successful a still image taken from nan church's societal media livestream by Rueters.
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Christ The Good Shepherd Church, an Assyrian Christian church, has an reside that matches nan location described by constabulary successful their statement.
News of nan onslaught emerged Monday pinch Australia still reeling from a devastating onslaught connected Saturday erstwhile an assailant stabbed six group to decease astatine a engaged Sydney shopping center earlier being fatally changeable by a constabulary officer. Saturday's attacker appears to person targeted women, constabulary said, according to CBS News' partner web BBC News.
The bishop for nan church, which streams its services unrecorded online, was featured successful nationalist news past year, according to The Associated Press, erstwhile nan Australian Broadcasting Corporation featured it successful a study astir a run targeting nan LGBTQ+ community.
Police activity astatine nan segment pursuing a stabbing astatine Christ The Good Shepherd Church successful nan Sydney suburb of Wakeley, Australia, April 15, 2024.
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The May 2023 Australian TV study showed nan bishop, identified connected nan church's website arsenic Mar Mari Emmanuel, saying successful a sermon that "when a man calls himself a woman, he is neither a man nor a woman, you are not a human, past you are an it. Now, since you are an it, I will not reside you arsenic a quality anymore because it is not my choosing, it your choosing."
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