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Police Defend Saying Sydney Church Stabbing Was 'Terrorism'

A police officer lifts tape to let a car into the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in western Sydney, scene of a live-streamed stabbing earlier in the week (Credit: AFP)

Australian police on Wednesday defended their decision to declare a 16-year-old's alleged stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church a "terrorist" act as community leaders fretted over its impact.

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was slashed on Monday during a live-streamed sermon in the Assyrian community's Christian church in western Sydney.

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