Multiple people injured in new stabbing in a Sydney church

Sydney was hit by another stabbing incident on Monday, two days after a man stabbed six people to death in a busy shopping mall before being shot by a police officer.

New South Wales Police Force said in an update on X that it responded to a call from a church in Wakekly, a suburb west of Sydney, at 7.10 p.m. local time (5.39 a.m. ET) Monday, where there were reports that "a number of people were stabbed."

A video shared widely on social media appears to show a priest being stabbed repeatedly, while delivering a sermon, by a man in a black T-shirt who is then tackled by members of the congregation. The church routinely livestreams its services and events.

A subsequent video taken by a church-goer showed people helping the bishop as he lay on the floor.

Police said the incident took place on Welcome Street, where the Christ the Good Shepherd Church, which follows Assyrian Orthodox Christianity, is located.

The church advertised an "Assyrian Bible Preaching" event Monday night, with its bishop, H.G. Mar Mari Emmanuel, whose picture matches that of the man stabbed in the video.

None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said, and the victims were being treated by paramedics.

A male was arrested and was "assisting police with inquiries," the statement added.

Police said at 10 p.m. (8 a.m. ET) that they were still on the scene and urged people to avoid the area.

It comes after Saturday's attack at the Westfield Bondi shopping mall, which also injured nine people.

Police said earlier Monday that they were examining why the lone assailant in that attack had targeted women while avoiding men, and the killer’s father blamed his son’s frustration at not having a girlfriend.

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