The lawyer of a 16-year-old boy charged with a terror offence over the stabbing of a bishop at a western Sydney church says the teenager has shown behaviour consistent with mental illness.
A 16-year-old boy facing a possible life term in prison for terrorism over the stabbing of a bishop has shown behaviour consistent with mental illness or intellectual disability, his lawyer said in court on Friday. The boy allegedly made comments in Arabic that referred to insults against "my Prophet" before stabbing Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a church service in Sydney on Monday night. Bishop Emmanuel has publicly criticised Islam and other religions.
Bishop Emmanuel was stabbed up to six times, causing serious lacerations to his head, while a priest was also injured in the attack. The teenager was also injured during the attack and its aftermath. Police are also hunting for as many as 50 people involved in a riot that unfolded after the incident at the Assyrian church.
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