Sydney church stabbing: police treating as terrorist attack the alleged stabbing of bishop during livestreamed mass

NSW premier Chris Minns says a major and serious criminal investigation' is under way after incident at Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley, which Anthony Albanese described as extremely concerning'

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Anthony Albanese has pleaded for unity after a terrorist attack at a western Sydney church where a bishop and a priest were stabbed, and a subsequent riot in which police officers were attacked.

The prime minister held a joint press conference with police and security chiefs in Canberra on Tuesday morning, hours after New South Wales declared as a terrorist attack the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley just after 7pm on Monday.

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