Sydney church stabbing ‘does appear to be religiously motivated’: Asio – video

 

Sydney church stabbing ‘does appear to be religiously motivated’: Asio – video

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says police have declared an alleged stabbing at a Sydney church as a terror incident and that a joint counter-terrorism taskforce had been established. 

A bishop was stabbed during a livestreamed mass service and another clergyman was also injured in the alleged attack.

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 Asked if he was aware of a video circulating of the alleged offender speaking in Arabic, Asio chief Mike Burgess said the agency was 'aware of that line of inquiry'