Australian police charge five teenagers in Sydney cleric’s stabbing
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australian police said on Thursday they charged five teenagers with terrorism-related offences in investigations following the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop while he was giving a livestreamed sermon earlier this month. The five boys, who were due in children’s court on Thursday, were arrested on Wednesday in the Sydney region. Police […]
Australian police arrest seven alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
Sydney, Australia AP Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of […]
This Life: When the innocent pay the price
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Australia PM calls Musk “arrogant billionaire” after court orders X to hide church stabbing posts
Melbourne, Australia Reuters An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, deepening a war of words between the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australia’s federal court late on Monday granted the country’s cyber regulator, the eSafety commissioner, […]
Hundreds gather on Sydney’s Bondi Beach to mourn Westfield attack victims
Sydney, Australia Reuters Hundreds gathered on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, lighting candles as the sun set, to mourn the six people killed in a knife attack in the area’s Westfield shopping mall a week ago. Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old who had suffered with mental health issues, killed five women and a male security […]
Teenager charged with terrorism over Sydney bishop stabbing
Sydney, Australia Reuters A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly stabbing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney during a church service, Australian police said on Friday, as investigations continued into a riot after the knife attack. Police from the joint counter terrorism team questioned the boy, who is in a […]
Stabbed Sydney Assyrian bishop says recovering quickly, forgives attacker
Sydney, Australia Reuters An Assyrian bishop who was stabbed during a service at his Sydney church said on Thursday he was recovering quickly and that he had forgiven his attacker. Two knife attacks within three days – at a busy shopping centre near Bondi beach that killed six people on Saturday and at the Assyrian […]
Stabbed Sydney bishop is a TikTok star beloved by his community
Sydney, Australia Reuters Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who was stabbed during a church service live streamed from Sydney on Monday is a social media star with followers around the world, but the bearded clergyman is also a divisive preacher. Dressed in dark robes, clutching a large cross and sporting a bushy grey beard under a […]
Australian police say Assyrian church stabbing was terrorist attack
Updated: 5:30pm (AEDT) Sydney, Australia Reuters Australian police on Tuesday said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country reeled from a second stabbing incident in three days. At least four people were wounded in the attack, including […]
Several people injured in a stabbing in Sydney church, police say
Sydney, Australia Reuters A number of people were injured in a stabbing at a church in a suburb of Sydney on Monday, police said. Officers arrested a male and he is assisting police with inquiries, a police spokesperson told Reuters, following the attack in Wakeley, about 30 kilometres west of the central business district. It […]