Police are treating the alleged stabbing of a Christian bishop and a priest as a terrorist incident, after a series of late night phone calls in the early hours of Tuesday.
An urgent late night call on the nature of an alleged stabbing of a bishop and a priest has sent shockwaves through Sydney .
Police say the boy sustained serious injuries, amid rumours his finger was cut off during the melee. He is in police custody at an undisclosed hospital.Commissioner Webb said the alleged offender was not on any terrorism watch list, and this was the first time he had caught police attention.“We will allege he attended that church with the knife, the bishops and priests and others were also injured,” Commissioner Webb said.
“They call for peace amongst all communities in Sydney, and most importantly, that people remain calm.”
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