Sydney church stabbing: police charge 16-year-old boy with terrorism offence

Sydney church stabbing: police charge 16-year-old boy with terrorism offence

Bishop was injured in alleged attack in Wakeley with the teenager expected to appear at a bedside court hearing on Friday

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Police have charged a 16-year-old boy alleged to have stabbed a bishop and priest at a western Sydney church with a terrorism offence.

The teenager was due to face a hospital bedside hearing of the Parramatta children’s court on Friday. He is still recovering from surgery after his finger was severed during the alleged attack on Monday night.

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