Church stabbing in Sydney "terrorist" attack: police
STORY: Church stabbing in Sydney "terrorist" attack: police
SHOOTING TIME: April 16, 2024
DATELINE: April 16, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:18
LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia
CATEGORY: OTHERS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the church in Sydney
2. various of police investigating the incident site
STORYLINE:
The stabbing attack at a church in Sydney overnight was a religiously motivated "terrorist" act, police said on Tuesday.
New South Wales (NSW) Police Commissioner Karen Webb said she determined the stabbing was a terrorist incident after "consideration of all the material."
The stabbing attack, in which two church leaders were wounded, was deemed an act of religiously motivated "extremism" that intimidated the public, Webb told a news conference.
A spokesperson from the NSW Ambulance confirmed that four people were injured in the attack.
A teenager remained in police custody following the alleged stabbing at the church in Sydney's southwest overnight, NSW Police Force said in a statement.
Police were called
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