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Teenager charged with ‘terrorism’ over Australia church stabbing attack

Crosses on the roof of the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's western suburb of Wakeley [David Gray/AFP]

A 16-year-old Australian boy has been charged with “committing a terrorist act”, police said, over the stabbing of an Assyrian church bishop in western Sydney during a livestreamed service.

The teenage suspect was taken to hospital following the attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and was charged in the children’s court on Friday morning.

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