‘You are my son’: Stabbed Sydney bishop forgives teenage attacker

SYDNEY - A Sydney bishop brutally stabbed during a live-streamed sermon said on April 18 that he is recovering and forgives his attacker, declaring: “You are my son.”sparking a riot by followers of the Assyrian Christian church in western Sydney. Australian police have deemed the attack a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism.

“There is no need to be worried or concerned,” the bishop said in a YouTube video released, with audio of his voice accompanied by a photo of him in vestments. The bishop called for calm after the stabbing sparked angry scenes outside the church. Hundreds of congregants and members of the community rushed to the site on the night of the attack, demanding that the suspected attacker be handed over to them. Some hurled rocks and other projectiles that allegedly wounded police and damaged 50 police cars.“I want you to always be calm,” he said. “We need to be always law-abiding citizens as well.

Jamal Rifi said the family had also been unnerved at how quickly the event had been labelled a “terrorist” act, without speaking to the boy or his family first.Mr Rifi said Australia was a diverse community and despite the differences in culture and faith, he had been reassured that so many had called for calm and denounced any retaliation attempts.New South Wales police commissioner Karen Webb said on April 18 that the teenager remained in hospital and authorities had yet to question him.

Police charged a 19-year-old man on April 17 in connection with the violence outside the church and have warned more will be arrested in the coming days.“People just came along to participate in a riot. That is disgraceful and disgusting,” she said during a news briefing.

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