Teenagers Charged in Bishop Stabbing Investigation, Counterterrorism Operation

Five teenagers have been charged in relation to the stabbing of a bishop at a Sydney church, as part of a major counterterrorism operation. The arrests and charges stem from a knife attack at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney’s western suburb of Wakeley last week, where a 16-year-old allegedly stabbed Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and injured priest Isaac Royel. Police allege that the individuals charged adhered to a religiously motivated, violent, extremist ideology.

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