Australian police on Wednesday defended their decision to declare a 16-year-old's alleged stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church a "terrorist" act as community leaders fretted over its impact.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a stabbing at an Orthodox Assyrian church in western Sydney which sparked unrest as an angry mob confronted police.

The Church “categorizes this attack as isolated” and “denounces retaliation of any kind,” it added. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said the scenes were “disturbing,” and he convened a meeting ...

Police swarm western Sydney church after mob react to teen allegedly stabbing prominent bishop The stabbing of a prominent Christian leader and another man at an Assyrian church has led to an ...

Police say the Sydney church stabbing that left four people injured including a bishop was an act of terrorism. During a riot, officers were attacked.

A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service has been charged by police with terrorism offenses Mark Baker, Keiran Smith Friday 19 April 2024 04:46 BST ...

Multiple people have been stabbed at a church service in Western Sydney, including the bishop leading the service, Australian media reports. This comes just days after a separate attack when a man ...

A 15-year-old boy was accused of stabbing an Assyrian bishop at a western Sydney church on Monday night, with some officers forced to use capsicum spray as the streets descended into mayhem and a ...

A prominent Sydney bishop is among four people who were stabbed at a church in Western Sydney. The attack occurred on Monday night at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley. The incident was ...

Police also alleged the teens had communicated they were willing to die in the name of religious martyrdom. On April 20- five days after the alleged Wakeley stabbing and riots, one of the 17-year ...

Cathy Morris less than 2 min read March 6, 2015 - 12:00PM Parramatta Advertiser ...

A police forensic officer works at a crime scene at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in suburban Wakely in western Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Australian police say a knife ...