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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay and Catie McLeod

Sydney church stabbing: police charge 16-year-old boy with terrorism offence

Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence after an alleged stabbing at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters

Police have charged a 16-year-old boy alleged to have stabbed a bishop and priest at a western Sydney church with a terrorism offence.

The teenager was due to face a hospital bedside hearing of the Parramatta children’s court on Friday. He is still recovering from surgery after his finger was severed during the alleged attack on Monday night.

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