Published
Video length: 1 min
Australia: 15-year-old boy arrested after stabbing attack in church
Australia: 15-year-old boy arrested after stabbing attack in church
(franceinfo)
In Australia, Monday April 15, a teenager stabbed four people during a mass in a church located in the southwest of Sydney, in Wakeley. A knife attack which comes after that carried out on Saturday in a shopping center in Sydney.
A stabbing attack in Australia left four people injured on Monday April 15 in a church of the Assyrian community. The events took place in the southwest of Sydney, in Wakeley. A 15-year-old boy was arrested. Police described the attack as terrorist and an act of religious extremism. The young man was known to the police. The victims, all men, suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The faithful intervened
According to a live broadcast of the church service, a young man dressed in black approached the altar to hit a bishop with a knife. A number of worshipers rushed to help and subdue the attacker while waiting for the police to arrive. This knife attack occurred a few days after that carried out on Saturday in a shopping center, which left six people dead and several injured, already in Sydney.
