Four people were attacked with a knife during a mass in Sydney, including the bishop who organized it

A man already in custody attacked a priest and several parishioners with a knife during a Catholic mass at a Sydney church on Monday, police said. According to officials No one suffers life-threatening injuries. And all are being treated by emergency services.

attack, in Church of the Good Shepherd The incident took place from the Wekle district, when the religious ceremony was live streamed on social networks.

In video of the ceremony broadcast, the priest is seen talking to parishioners at the altar. Just then a man wearing a black sweater moves towards him. And takes out a sharp object and starts attacking him, the reasons for which are being investigated. The religious man falls to the ground while the parishioners scream and come closer to try to stop the attacker.

Newspaper Sini Morning Herald He claims that four people have been injured in the attack. These are four men aged between 20 and 70 who required medical care or were admitted to hospital.

The above media assures that the attacked priest is Mar Mari Emmanuel, Major bishop of an ultraconservative faction of the Assyrian Orthodox faith and who played a leading role in the movement Christian life matters, Additionally, he became popular for his anti-LGBTQ speeches and his criticism of pandemic shutdowns and his skepticism about vaccines.

The NSW Ambulance Service said it had treated a man in his 50s for multiple injuries and taken him to hospital, while three other people were being treated at the scene for one or more injuries. “A large-scale police response is underway and people have been urged to avoid the area,” police said.

This attack happened just two days after a personwill kill six people After he was stabbed in a Sydney shopping centre. The police have denied that the attack was terroristic. So far no data links the two incidents.