Authorities to Probe Possible Links Between Church Stabbing and Gaza Unrest

Published on April 16, 2024

Any link to the war in Gaza will be a subject of inquiry as authorities conduct a thorough investigation into the terror attack of a Christian bishop and other churchgoers in Western Sydney, the boss of the Australian domestic intelligence agency says. The terror took place on Monday evening (April 15) when Assyrian church leader Mar Mari Emmanuel, and at least three parishioners, were stabbed during a livestream service at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley. The alleged attacker, a 16-year-old male, was suspected to be a recent convert Islam, but police haven’t confirmed the information yet....