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Smiling Islamist, 15 year old teen boy attacked after Bishop stabbing

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Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing at Sydney's Wakeley church
Pictured smiling Islamist assailant. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing at Wakeley church at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church as mobs descend the church in the immediate aftermath.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing at Sydney's Wakeley church
Pictured smiling Islamist assailant. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing at Wakeley church at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church as mobs descend the church in the immediate aftermath.

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing: 15 year old teen boy believed to be Islamist seen smiling after attack at Sydney’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakely. Attack is believed to be religious motivated. Mobs descend baying for the assailant’s blood. 

Reports have told of a would be assassin at Sydney’s West having received egregious injuries by mobs angered by a 15 year old teen assailant’s attempt to fatally stab Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a Monday night live stream sermon.

In the immediate aftermath of the stabbing which led to another 3-4 preachers also being attacked while attempting to restrain the offender, since described as a 15 year old known to police, outraged crowds descended at the Assyrian denominated Christian church in Sydney’s west of Wakeley, baying for the attacker’s blood.

Large crowds were filmed forming outside the building following the alleged attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney’s Wakeley.

Riot erupts at Sydney church after Bishop stabbing

The alleged attacker was bundled into the back of an armored police vehicle shortly after 10pm, some three hours after the attack which took place around 7pm 

Around a dozen officers and members of the riot squad watched on as the 15 year old teen offender was whisked away from the tense scene unfolded. 

The un-identified offender, known to police, was taken to an undisclosed location due to fears for his safety. It remained unclear what injuries the man may have sustained, albeit – social media (see below) indicated the offender had one of his fingers cut off following the attack. 

Monday night’s demise comes as pictures emerged of smashed police car windows and windscreens following adherents of the church who sought retribution for the attack. 

At 10.30pm, NSW Police said they were continuing to ‘work on restoring order’ in the area.

Footage emerged on social media of the alleged attacker being pinned down on his front by at least three people, including a police officer, as he grins and appears to mock his captors.

Religious motivated?

One man, with blood visible on his jeans, sits with his legs straddling the alleged attacker’s head.

‘People are praying and you come and (allegedly) do this?’, the man says as he slaps the offender on his cheek.

The police officer interjects: ‘Stop, just let go, please. You’re going to make it worse.’

But then the man holding the camera pulls the other man’s leg away to reveal the alleged attacker’s face.

He is smiling and appears to laugh as the man holding the camera says ‘you’re a f***ing idiot, you’re going to cop it’.

The alleged attacker then appears to say: ‘You think they’ll hurt my brother?’ as the police officers try to usher the men away.

Wrote one commentator on X: According to a few of my Arab-speaking followers the Sydney church assailant is saying: ‘Why is he swearing at my prophet? I wouldn’t have come here if he didn’t bring my religion into this.’

In the aftermath of the alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and Father Isaac Royel, by a boy, 15, the situation outside the church and on surrounding streets grew tense.

‘A number of police were injured and multiple police vehicles were damaged,’ Acting Assistant Commissioner Holland said addressing the media.

Sydney on edge

‘We are a little bit disappointed in the community themselves. A number of houses have been damaged.

‘They’ve broken into a number of houses to gain weapons to throw at the police.

‘They’ve thrown weapons and items at the church itself. It was obviously people who wanted to get access to the young person.’

Bishop Emmanuel has a large flock on social media, with over 17,000 followers on Facebook. At the time of the attack, Monday night’s sermon was being live-streamed to his more than 200K YouTube followers. 

The Sydney Bishop gained notoriety during the pandemic when he criticized Sydney’s Covid lockdown as ‘mass slavery’ and claimed vaccines are futile because living ‘normally’ will boost immunity.

Monday’s attack comes as Sydneysiders remain on edge following the sudden violence in the normally safe city.

The church stabbing attack comes just over 48 hours after six people were murdered in Westfield Bondi Junction by a mentally unhinged knifeman.

Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed five women and a male security guard to death and injured several others before he was gunned down by a police officer. 

A spokesperson for NSW Police said Bishop Emmanuel suffered ‘non-life threatening injuries’.   

‘Officers arrested a male and he is assisting police with inquiries,’ the spokesperson added.   

It remained unclear what charges were now forthcoming.

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