Knife attack at church in Australia’s Sydney a ‘terrorist act’, police say

Police in Australia have arrested a 15-year-old boy over a knife attack on a bishop and his followers at an Orthodox Assyrian church in Sydney, declaring the assault a “terrorist” act motivated by suspected religious extremism. The attack, which took place as a service at Christ The Good Shepherd Church and was being livestreamed on Monday evening, wounded Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and a priest. Both are expected to survive. Hundreds of riot police were deployed when the bishop's supporters gathered at the church.

Al Jazeera's Jacob Brown reports.

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