Alleged Sydney church stabbing a 'terrorist act', NSW Police says

A knife attack at a western Sydney church allegedly committed by a teenage boy, is being considered a "terrorist act" by police. A 15-year-old boy is in custody on Tuesday after the overnight attack at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley where Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed as the incident was broadcast on the church's live stream.

Police pushed back an angry mob outside a Sydney church after the stabbing of a bishop. Source: AAP / Paul Braven