Sydney Church Knife Attack Deemed a Terror Incident by Australian Police

Police arrested a male teenager at the scene after the incident on Monday. Following the incident, clashes broke out between angry crowds and the police outside the church. As a result, the police had to detain the teenager at the church for his own safety, as a crowd had gathered outside and demanded the attacker be brought out. During a press conference, New South Wales state Police Commissioner Karen Webb stated, “We believe there are elements that are satisfied in terms of religious motivated extremism.”

This statement was made in the context of the incident. This incident marked the second major stabbing attack in just three days in Australia’s most populous city. Prior to this incident, six people were killed in a knife attack at a beachside mall in the Bondi area on Saturday. This unedited story has been published from a syndicated feed.