8 months ago

Australian police charge five teenagers over Sydney bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel’s stabbing

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Police in Australia have charged five teenagers with terrorism in the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop in Sydney. The five boys, aged between 14 and 17, were the alleged associates of a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of Christ The Good Shepherd Church on 15 April. Two boys aged 16 and 17 have been charged with conspiring to engage in a terrorist act, the police said, adding that the eldest boy was also charged with carrying a knife in public.

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Australian police arrest 14-year-old boy suspected of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian police shoot dead a boy, 16, armed with a knife after he stabbed a man in Perth

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had been briefed on the latest stabbing in Perth by Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess, who heads …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Accused teen linked to Sydney bishop’s stabbing applies for release from custody

Associated Press

SYDNEY — A 15-year-old boy who claimed to be a friend of a teen accused of stabbing a Sydney bishop applied Wednesday to be released from custody on bail on a charge of planning a terrorist attack. The 15-year-old is one of six teens, ages 14 to 17, who were charged in a Sydney court last week with a range …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four teenagers plotted to buy …

8 months ago

Bishop stabbed during Sydney church service backs X’s legal case to share video of the attack

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — A Sydney bishop who was stabbed repeatedly in an alleged extremist attack blamed on a teenager has backed X Corp. owner Elon Musk’s legal bid to overturn an Australian ban on sharing graphic video of the attack on social media. Police said Thursday the five boys charged, aged from 14 to 17, were among seven arrested across …

8 months ago

Australian police charge 5 teens in investigation stemming from stabbing of Sydney bishop

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8 months ago

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church

The Hindu

Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on April 24 to protect the community from a potential attack, officials said. More than 400 police officers executed 13 search warrants at properties across southwest Sydney because the suspects were considered an immediate threat, New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson said. …

8 months ago

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church

Associated Press

SYDNEY — 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. Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Krissy Barrett said investigators found no evidence of specific targets …

8 months ago

Albanese calls X's argument over removal of Sydney church stabbing posts 'extraordinary'

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as "extraordinary" on Monday a decision by social media platform X to challenge in court a regulator's order that some posts about a bishop's stabbing in Sydney be removed. "I find it extraordinary that X chose not to comply and are trying to argue their case," Albanese told a news conference, adding that X's …

8 months ago

Teenager is charged with terrorism offenses in stabbings of bishop and priest at Sydney church

Associated Press

SYDNEY — A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service has been charged by police with terrorism offenses. “Yesterday investigators attended a medical facility to interview the alleged offender where he was charged with committing a terrorist act,” said Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw at a press conference Friday in Sydney. The 16-year-old’s lawyer, …

8 months, 1 week ago

'You are my son': stabbed Sydney bishop forgives attacker

The Hindu

An Assyrian church bishop who was stabbed during a service at his church said on April 18 he was recovering quickly, and that he had forgiven his attacker as police ramped up investigation into the riots triggered after the bishop’s stabbing. Two knife attacks within three day at a busy shopping centre near Bondi beach that killed six people on …

8 months, 1 week ago

Baby injured in Sydney mall stabbing out of ICU as police detain teen in church ‘terrorist’ attack

The Independent

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8 months, 1 week ago

Father of boy accused of stabbing 2 Sydney clerics saw no signs of extremism, Muslim leader says

Associated Press

SYDNEY — The father of a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics in Australia saw no signs of his son’s extremism, a Muslim community leader said on Wednesday as police began arresting suspected rioters who besieged a Sydney church demanding revenge. Lebanese Muslim Association secretary Gamel Kheir, an advocate for Sydney’s largest Muslim community, said he spent two hours …

8 months, 1 week ago

Stabbing at Sydney church brings up terror-filled past of Assyrian community

The Hindu

The stabbing of a prominent bishop has rocked Australia’s tight-knit Assyrian community, conjuring terrors of past violence in the homelands many fled. During a livestreamed church service on Monday, a 16-year-old suspect slashed wildly at Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel as he gave a sermon at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney. “For community members who escaped war-torn countries, …

8 months, 1 week ago

Lebanese Muslim Association says mosques under threat following Sydney church stabbing

ABC

The father of the 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed an Assyrian Bishop at at Western Sydney church on Monday night was "shocked" and had not noted signs of extremism in his son, a community leader says. Following the stabbing Mr Kheir said there have been threats to Lakemba Mosque and other mosques across Sydney that "thankfully didn't eventuate". 'I made …

8 months, 1 week ago

Australian police declare mass stabbing at church as a 'religiously motivated terrorist act'

Op India

On Tuesday, Australian police declared yesterday’s mass stabbing incident at a church a religiously motivated ‘terrorist act’. As per Australian media reports, the teenager who attacked the bishop screamed “Allahu Akbar” after plunging a knife into his face, neck, and torso at least eight times. As per the visuals, several men held the attacker face down on the ground while …

8 months, 1 week ago

Tensions rise in Australia after a bishop and priest are wounded in a knife attack in a church

Associated Press

SYDNEY — A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and a priest during a church service in the second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in recent days, leaving communities on edge, leaders calling for calm and a besieged church urging against retaliation. Police have not commented on reports that the boy’s fingers were severed by parishioners …

8 months, 1 week ago

Second high-profile stabbing to rock Sydney in recent days is declared a terrorist attack

The Independent

8 months, 1 week ago

Sydney church knife attack against bishop and priest are acts of terrorism, police say

The Independent

8 months, 1 week ago

Teenager arrested over Sydney church attack received good behaviour bond for previous knife crime

ABC

In short: The 16-year-old arrested for the stabbing attack inside a Sydney church on Monday night received a good behaviour bond in January. The 16-year-old arrested for the stabbing attack inside a Sydney church on Monday night received a good behaviour bond in January. The teenage boy arrested over Monday night's stabbing attack inside a Sydney church was placed on …

8 months, 1 week ago

Politicians, faith leaders unite to condemn attack on emergency service workers and call for calm

ABC

In short: An attack on a bishop at an Assyrian Orthodox Church last night is being investigated as a "terrorist incident" by NSW Police. An attack on a bishop at an Assyrian Orthodox Church last night is being investigated as a "terrorist incident" by NSW Police. New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb declared the stabbing a "terrorist incident" early …

8 months, 1 week ago

Church stabbing Wakeley, Sydney: Bishop prays for attacker after the boy stabbed him during church service

Daily Mail

He prayed for his alleged attacker just moments after he was injured A 'beloved' bishop who was stabbed during a livestreamed church service in Sydney prayed for his alleged attacker moments after he was injured. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley on Monday evening - an incident broadcast on the church's …

8 months, 1 week ago

A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say

Associated Press

SYDNEY — Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism. On ASIO’s advice, the risk of a terrorist attack in Australia is rated at “possible.” That is the second lowest level after …

8 months, 1 week ago

Horrified worshipers watch in person and online as a bishop is stabbed at a Sydney church

LA Times

Horrified worshipers watched in person and online as a 15-year-old boy stabbed a bishop and a priest during a church service in Sydney on Monday evening before the congregation overpowered him, police said. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and priest Isaac Royel, the teen and at least two police officers were hospitalized, Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Andrew Holland told journalists. When …

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A teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school

Associated Press

ZAGREB, Croatia — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death and wounded three more children and their teacher, authorities said. “The attacker is a 19-year-old who is a former student of that school and still lives nearby,” said Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic. “It is hard to say this person …

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5 days, 6 hours ago

Man fatally stabs a 7-year-old and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school

LA Times

Police stand outside an elementary school in Zagreb, Croatia, where a 7-year-old girl was killed and a teacher and other students were wounded in a knife attack Friday. A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death and wounded three more children and their teacher, authorities said. The attack took place …

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Teens who brutally stabbed and beat pair of best friends to death in mistaken identity revenge attack are jailed for life

Daily Mail

Two boys aged 15 and 16 have been detained for life for the murders of two best friends who were stabbed to death in a tragic case of mistaken identity. Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were brutally stabbed and beaten to death after being chased by a gang of four armed teenagers in the Knowle West area of …

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6 days, 15 hours ago

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings pleads not guilty to murder

Associated Press

LONDON — A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer remained silent in court Wednesday as not guilty pleas were entered on his behalf. Justice Julian Goose ordered a clerk to enter the pleas in Liverpool Crown Court as Rudakubana stayed mum …

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