The violent stabbing of a beloved conservative bishop during a Monday church service in Australia, that was streamed on the internet, has been classified a “terrorist incident,” a news agency reported.
Police said the suspect in the attack was a 16-year-old male who was taken into custody shortly after he was taken to the ground by members of the congregation of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, a suburb of Sidney.
His identity was not released but police said authorities said the stabbing was terrorism with a “religious” motivation.
“We believe there are elements that are satisfied in terms of religious motivated extremism,” New South Wales state Police Commissioner Karen Webb said at a Tuesday news conference, according to
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