| 2024 Wakeley church stabbing | |
|---|---|
 Rioters on Welcome Street following the stabbing, 16 April 2024 at 12:12 am | |
 Location of Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley | |
| Location | Wakeley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′22″S 150°54′22″E / 33.8728°S 150.9062°E |
| Date | 15 April 2024 7:15 pm[1] (AEST; UTC+10:00) |
Attack type | Stabbing |
| Weapon | Knife |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Accused | Unnamed 16-year-old boy |
On 15 April 2024, at approximately 7:15 pm local time, a knife attack took place at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. During a live-streamed sermon, the attacker walked up to the pulpit, first stabbing bishop Mari Emmanuel, resulting in permanent vision loss in Emmanuel's right eye, before stabbing a priest and injuring another churchgoer.[2] While no one was killed, this attack was the second stabbing incident to have taken place in Sydney in three days, following the deadly mass stabbing at Bondi Junction.
The New South Wales Police Force have arrested a 16-year-old male over the attack. They have classified the stabbing as a terrorist attack, but have not revealed the name or exact motive of the accused.[3] Wakeley is home to many Christians belonging to the Assyrian diaspora, including Emmanuel himself.
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newswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ McSweeney, Jessica (15 April 2024). "Sydney stabbings live updates: Wakeley church attack declared terrorist event just days after Bondi Junction tragedy". WAtoday. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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