Several people, including Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, were stabbed during mass at a church in Sydney's Wakeley. A video, circulated on social media and taken up by the Australian media, shows the bishop while delivering his sermon.
A man calmly approaches him before attacking him and stabbing him in the face and neck. The screams of those present can then be heard, some approaching to help the victim. Six people were stabbed to death in a Sydney shopping center on Saturday. The injured are not in serious condition according to the police who also announced the arrest of a man. The man in his fifties was taken to Liverpool hospital with multiple stab wounds, an ambulance service spokesman said, without specifying whether he was the cleric. Other people were injured and were treated on site, the spokesman said. The incident happened at Christ The Good Shepherd church in Wakeley on Sunday morning. Australian media reported it, but police have not commented on the reports. The attack is not believed to be terror-related, police said.