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Wakeley church stabbing
LocationChrist The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, Sydney, Australia
Date
7pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Attack typeMass Stabbing
DeathsUnknown
Injured5
Perpetrators1 (arrested)
MotiveAnti-Christian sentiment

On 15 April 2024 at 7pm during a mass, a man wearing a black jumper walked into Christ The Good Shepherd Church, went up to the alter and stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in the chest and then stabbed him multiple times after he fell to the ground. Churchgoers rushed towards the assailant and managed to separate the him from the Bishop. The assailant stabbed 4 more people including a man in his 50s,a man in his 30s, a man in his 20s and a man in his 60s. According to a witness, the bishop then got up, with his injuries, put his hand on the assailant and started praying. Ambulances arrived to the Church 15 minutes later.


Aftermath

A spokesperson for NSW Police said Bishop Emmanuel suffered 'non-life threatening injuries'. Police also said that the other victims had not suffered life-threatening injuries were treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital. The church stabbing comes just two days after a deadly knife rampage in a mall where 6 people were killed.

References

  1. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-stabbing-church-sydney-suburb-wakeley-bishop-wounded/
  2. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/christian-leader-stabbed-during-mass-in-wakeley-20240415-p5fk25.html
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/15/wakeley-stabbing-sydney-christ-the-good-shepherd-church
  4. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-christian-leader-attacked-during-service-20240415-p5fk2i.html
  5. https://news.sky.com/story/major-police-operation-under-way-after-reports-of-multiple-stabbings-at-shopping-centre-in-sydney-13113923
  6. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/sydney-church-stabbing-man-arrested-after-stabbing-incident-at-church-in-sydneys-west/articleshow/109313507.cms