Hunt for 50 Rioters, One Charged, Over Church Stabbing in Western Sydney

Published on April 18, 2024

Investigators are yet to speak with a teen who allegedly stabbed a bishop but police are zeroing in on as many as 50 people involved in a violent riot after the incident. Stabbing victim, Assyrian church bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, spoke publicly for the first time after the alleged terror attack, saying he forgives his accused assailant. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the community wanted answers about the 16-year-old’s motivations, but detectives were yet to speak with him as he recovered under guard in hospital on April 18. Bishop Emmanuel was stabbed during a live-streamed sermon at Christ the Good Shepherd Church at Wakeley on Monday night (April 15)....