2024 Wakeley church stabbing
On 15 April 2024, at approximately 7:15 pm local time, an unnamed person perpetrated a knife attack at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. During a live-streamed sermon, the attacker walked up to the pulpit, first stabbing Bishop Mari Emmanuel and Father Isaac Royel before injuring another churchgoer. 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.
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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 | 33.8728°S 150.9062°E |
| Date | 15 April 2024 7:15 pm – (AEST; UTC+10:00) |
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| Weapon | Knife |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Accused | Unnamed 16-year-old boy |
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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 of the accused, who stated in Arabic after the assault, "if they didn’t insult my prophet, I wouldn’t have come here." Wakeley, where Christ The Good Shepherd Church is located, is home to many Christians belonging to the Assyrian diaspora, including Emmanuel himself.