Days after six horrifying shoppers in Sydney were killed in a stabbing spree, a Bishop was the target of another eerie incident.Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was brutally stabbed in real time while giving a sermon at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the Wakeley neighborhood of western Sydney.
The congregation was shaken when the incident occurred on Monday night at around 7 PM. According to reports, Bishop Emmanuel was quickly taken to the hospital after suffering a penstab wound. Conscientious churchgoers detained the attacker until the police could arrive, which resulted in his arrest.
In the chilling live stream footage, Bishop Emmanuel is seen addressing the congregation when a man calmly approaches him and viciously attacks, targeting his face and neck with a weapon. The bishop collapses to the ground amid screams from the crowd, prompting several churchgoers to rush forward in assistance.
🚨#BREAKING: Christian preacher Mar Mari Emmanuel has been stabbed in a church in western Sydney, Australia; 4 people have been stabbed in the mass stabbing attack pic.twitter.com/kO680WW0O4
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New South Wales cops confirmed “a police operation is underway” in Wakeley following reports that “a number of people were stabbed” at the church. Paramedics said they were treating four people who were injured in the attack.
“Officers arrested a male and he is assisting police with inquiries. The injured people suffered non-life threatening injuries and are being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics,” the NSW police were quoted as saying in The Sun.
Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital, where Bishop Emmanuel is reportedly receiving treatment, has been placed under lockdown.
This incident happened not too long after Joel Cauchi killed six innocent people during a tragic mall rampage in Bondi. During the assault at Westfield Bondi Junction, brave Inspector Amy Scott confronted Cauchi alone and shot him to death. Cauchi turned on her and was brandishing a knife when Inspector Scott, who just so happened to be nearby, bravely fired a number of shots.
Cauchi attacked seventeen individuals, consisting of fourteen women and three men, in his horrifying outburst. A 38-year-old doctor named Ashlee Good, the mother of a nine-month-old girl who tragically died in the hospital from her wounds, was among the injured.
Before Dr. Good’s heartbreaking passing, five other individuals lost their lives in the shopping center: Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, 25, Ashlee Good, 38, and Cheng Yixuan, 27. The sole male victim of the horrific onslaught was security guard Faraz Tahir, aged 30.
After undergoing hours of emergency surgery, the family of Dr. Good reported that the baby girl is now “doing well.”
Police noted that the killer’s focus on women was unmistakable, adding another layer of horror to the already tragic events.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that “the gender breakdown is, of course, concerning”.
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