Sydney church stabbing: A number of people were injured in a stabbing at a church in Sydney’s west, police authorities said on Monday. Officers arrested a male and he is assisting police with inquiries, a police statement said.

According to 9News, the attack happened at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley while a bishop was giving a service that was being live-streamed online. Those who were injured included a popular bishop and three other men, believed to be aged in their 60s, 50s, 30s, and 20s. The church had advertised tonight’s sermon was being delivered by His Grace Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel. 

He was due to give an Assyrian Bible preaching that started at 7 pm, local media reported.  Videos of the incident circulating online showed a man lunging and stabbing a speaker.

It is worth mentioning it was the second stabbing incident in Sydney after six people were killed in a knife attack at a mall in Sydney‘s Bondi area on Saturday.

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