Australian police described the knife attack on Bishop Mar Marius Emmanuel at a church in Sydney as a "terrorist attack," in strict accordance with district law. The Bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Marius Emmanuel, was stabbed by a 16-year-old during his sermon at the Good Shepherd Assyrian Church in a Sydney suburb on Monday, with the sermon being broadcast live online.
According to a law from 2002, a terrorist act is defined as one that causes harm to a person, motivated by political, religious, or ideological reasons, and aims to intimidate the public. An investigation has been launched into the incident, involving both local and federal police, as well as intelligence agencies.
