Parents of teenager who stabbed bishop at Sydney church speak publicly for the first time

The parents of the 16-year-old who stabbed a Sydney bishop have spoken publicly for the first time, detailing their son's serious anger management issues, longstanding mental health concerns and suspected autism spectrum disorder.

The boy is now in custody and faces a possible life sentence if convicted of committing an act of terrorism, but his parents insist their son is no terrorist. The boy's mother received injuries to her ribs when her son accidentally hit her while fighting with his brother."He was asking for a hug and kiss because he saw I was upset," she said of her visit to him after the church attack."Sometimes he'd laugh, sometimes he'd say 'I don't know'," she said.After the boy left school last year, a second psychologist urged his parents to seek an autism diagnosis.

On the night of the stabbing at the Wakeley church, the 16-year-old made one final post to Instagram, imploring Muslims to open their eyes to "disbelievers" and "attain victory over their enemies".The boy uploaded the post around 6pm, just over an hour before the live-streamed attack. Officers seized the boy's phone and discovered he was part of a WhatsApp group, called BROTHERHOOD, with other teenagers who expressed sympathies with violent extremism.On Telegram, he used pictures of Islamic State fighters.

Four boys arrested in last Wednesday's raids were charged with conspiring to prepare for a terrorist act.Detectives are trying to establish whether, as in most terrorism cases, the Wakeley attacker and other boys were groomed and recruited.Fayad, 56, is notorious for his influence upon young terrorists and extremists, even from inside jail.

After his release from jail, the Supreme Court placed Fayad on a two-year extended supervision order in 2021, ruling he was a high risk of recruiting young and vulnerable people to commit terrorism offences. "Younger people are really valuable to extremist groups or organised crime gangs because they don't have the same level of consequential thinking.The Wakeley attacker's parents told the ABC they hadn't noticed the 16-year-old had any concerning associations or extremist views.

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