WARNING: Distressing content. A teenage boy has been arrested after a horrific multiple stabbing incident at a Western Sydney church in which four people were injured, including a priest and a bishop. The incident occurred at Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church on Box Rd just before 7.10pm on Monday. Newsletters: Breaking news as it … Read more
WARNING: Distressing content. The mother of three Sydney children who were killed when they were hit by a car in a horrific crash at Oatlands in 2020 described the priest stabbed during a service at a church in Western Sydney on Monday night as “a good man”. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Leila Abdallah speaks to … Read more
WARNING: Distressing content. The teenage boy accused of a stabbing attack during a service at a church in Western Sydney is undergoing surgery after his finger was severed in the incident. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Latest on Western Sydney church stabbing. Newsletters: Breaking news as it happens. Subscribe now Christian leader Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, … Read more
When Wakeley resident Lina Davis heard helicopters circling her home on Monday night, she initially thought it was thunder. The 73-year-old had no idea that just streets away, a teenage boy allegedly stabbed a Christian leader in the middle of a church service. Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was delivering … Read more
A NSW driver has baffled police with his excuse for allegedly driving 100km/h over the speed limit at the weekend. Police allege the 22-year-old was driving a Ford Mustang at speeds up to 170km/h, dropping to 164km/h in a 60km/h residential area on Conrod Straight, Mt Panorama, near Bathurst, on Saturday evening. When pulled over … Read more
WARNING: Distressing content. While Sydneysiders remain in a state of shock following the stabbing of a bishop and worshippers during a service at a church in Western Sydney, a criminologist has said police will be looking into several lines of inquiry after they deemed the event a “terrorist act”. Christian leader Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, … Read more
A man has been found dead following a unit fire in Sydney’s west. The body of the man, who is yet to be formally identified, was discovered after firefighters extinguished the blaze in Yagoona on Tuesday morning. Police were initially called to the unit on Wilkins St about 10.30am to conduct a concern for welfare … Read more
WARNING: Distressing content. Police are now treating an alleged stabbing at a church in Western Sydney as a ‘terrorist act’. The incident occurred at Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church on Box Rd just before 7.10pm on Monday. Newsletters: Breaking news as it happens. Subscribe now WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: NSW Police Commissioner addresses media. … Read more
Emergency services are responding to a stabbing at a church in Sydney’s west. About 8pm Monday, police and ambulance crews were called to Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church on Box Rd to reports multiple people had been stabbed. NSW Ambulance said paramedics were treating four patients: two men — one aged in his 50s … Read more
A brave witness has told of the terrifying moment he came face-to-face with the “empty eyes” of the man behind the mass stabbing at a busy Sydney shopping centre. Damien Guerot and friend Silas Despreaux confronted the killer with a bollard before helping lead police to the knife-welding man at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday. … Read more
