Sydney church stabbing: Priest attacked during livestream

Attacked with a pen or a pencil and he survived, no life-threatening injuries.

Controversial bishop – he compared Covid lockdowns to mass slavery, was excommunicated from his church and started his own. Also apparently went to Gaza recently.

Bizarre and freaky

Twitter reports that attacker shouted alahu akbar while attacking. It is also reported that others parishoners cut off several of the attacker's fingers.

Not so bizarre or freaky. This priest was beheaded while saying mass, four muslims were convicted.

Assyrian Church of the East

The Assyrian Church of the East is officially headquartered in the city of Erbil, in northern Iraq; its original area also spread into southeastern Turkey, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran, corresponding roughly to ancient Assyria.

Diversity is our strength. -- Every Australian Prime Minster

Ashyrian Shursh of the Easht

Don't blame the Assyrians, R5. They didn't stab anyone (except perhaps the stabber, which is only fair).

r5 These Churches of the East are pretty innocuous; their adherents are few in numbers and they wield very little power, political or otherwise.

There are few Christians (or Jews) left in these muslim-majority countries. Islam does not abide diversity.

If Islam does not abide diversity, why are you so worried about Muslims coming to live in your country, R9? One of these things cannot be true.

What's with all the stabbings in Sydney all of a sudden?

For exactly that reason, R10. Are you really so fucking stupid?

If Nazis hate Jews so much then why are the Jews so worried about the invading Nazis?

Thanks, R13. I thought I was going crazy.

- R9 & R10

Shydney shtabbingsh.

Have they finished rioting yet?

A picture of the assailant, taken after his arrest, is circulating on social media. In the image, he is smiling, appearing proud of the disgraceful act he committed inside the church. He appears to be a youth in his twenties, though further details about him have not been confirmed yet. The police have apprehended the young man and have launched a more extensive investigation into the incident.

The live stream was halted by church authorities once the attack began. Subsequently, riots erupted in the streets of Fairfield upon news of the assault, with angry crowds targeting police vehicles.

The priest, identified as Mar Mari Emmanuel, a pro-Palestinian Orthodox bishop known for his visits to Gaza, reportedly survived the attack but sustained injuries. He has been transferred to Liverpool Hospital for treatment.

No 72 virgins for that jihadist!

- Mohammade

Finally, get some actual Islamic-on-Christian violence, but no one’s paying attention

If white people do something violent - shrug.

If not-white people do something violent - KILL ALL THE IMMIGRANTS!!

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 '𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦'

The alleged attacker - who was known to police - was seen smirking at horrified onlookers as he was pinned down after wounding Bishop Emmanuel, Father Isaac Royel and two others.

Police arrested the attacker at the scene and were forced to hold him at the church for his own safety after a crowd gathered outside and demanded the attacker be brought out.

At a press conference early on Tuesday morning in Sydney, NSW Commissioner Karen Webb said: 'I declared that it was a terrorist incident... We believe there are elements that are satisfied in terms of religious motivated extremism.'

Premier Chris Minns also warned vigilantes after violent riots were sparked by the stabbing which resulted in 30 people treated by paramedics.

'There is no such thing in Australia in taking the law into your own hands. You will be met by the full force of the law if there is any tit for tat violence in Sydney over the coming days.'

Commissioner Webb said 20 police cars were damaged in the riots.

'The police officers, of which there were many, acted courageously to protect that community, witnesses, victims and the ambulance officers,' she said.

Footage shared on social media minutes after the stabbing showed the alleged attacker being pinned down on his front by at least three people, including a police officer.

He can be seen grinning at the camera as one of his captors sits beside him in bloodstained jeans. Meanwhile outside the church, dozens of angry Sydneysiders gathered singing chants of 'an eye for an eye' and 'bring him out' as riot police descended on the scene

AC Holland said at a press briefing today that the 16-year-old suspect is 'known to police' and that investigators have spoken to him.

'Police have initially spoken to the young person again, his injuries are quite severe in his hand,' he said, adding: 'He's fairly upset and very distraught.

The senior cop was also asked about rumours that the alleged assailant's fingers had been chopped off in revenge.

'Reports are that he has injuries to his hands - I don't know the extent of those injuries at this point,' Acting Assistant Commissioner Holland said.

Not motivated by extremism, motivated by islam.

So a pro-Palestinian bishop is attacked by a Muslim?

Yeah, this is no time to be cagey and vague about "religious extremism." If he was a crazed and violent muslim who thought it was his godly duty to kill someone for Allah, just fucking say it.

And even more if that's NOT true. Little conservative offshoots of Christian churches tend to have their own stupid feuds and bullshit. Is he from some rival gang of god-botherers?

My point, idiots at R12 and R13, was that if Muslims "can't bear diversity", then why are Americans expecting them to flood into your famously diverse country? If they can't bear diversity, why aren't they staying in Muslim countries? Even supposing their own country to be at war, there are plenty of others to choose from. Are you dumb enough to think they are all coming there expressly to kill you?

Or could it be that for the very vast majority of those who go there, the freedoms of the US Constitution actually appeal to them, and they expect to quietly practise Islam, the same as most Christians quietly practise Christianity, while living as useful Americans?

R25, do you have any clue what is going in Europe? You are either profoundly naive or really have no idea about history, islamization, or jihad. There is no such thing as peaceful coexistence in islam. Most people understand this by now. What planet have you been on?

Ironic, R25, that you post on a gay site about the quiet and peaceful muslims when gay rights are nonexistent in almost all of the 58 muslim-majority countries, in 10 of them it is punishable by death. You are really trying to gaslight the wrong crowd.

So let me get this straight, the thread about the stabbing that killed at least 6 people (open since Saturday morning) has 42 comments, and this thread about a stabbing with zero fatalities (open since Monday) has 27 comments, making this the higher trafficked thread. Lmao you trolls crack me up.