Sydney church stabbing: multiple people, including bishop, stabbed during mass

Sydney church stabbing: multiple people, including bishop, stabbed during mass

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was saying mass at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley when a man lunged at him

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A prominent Christian leader has allegedly been stabbed at the altar during a mass in south-west Sydney.

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was saying mass at Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley just after 7pm when a man approached him at the altar and allegedly stabbed toward his head multiple times. A live stream of the mass shows the congregation swarm forward toward Emmanuel before it was cut off.

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