00:00 Police move in on this street in Sydney's south west as an evening church service gives
00:07 way to a crime scene.
00:08 Video taken from a live stream shows the moments just before Bishop Ma Marie Emanuelle and
00:15 Father Isaac Royel were stabbed in their own church.
00:19 The alleged attacker, who police say is 16, was quickly restrained by parishioners and
00:24 recorded asking "why is he insulting my prophet?"
00:27 I declared that it was a terrorist incident.
00:32 We believe there are elements that are satisfied in terms of religious motivated extremism.
00:40 Hundreds of members of the Assyrian community raced down to Christ the Good Shepherd church
00:45 in Wakeley, shocked and upset.
00:50 I wasn't home and I just had a call and someone sent me a video and I saw our bishop being
00:57 stabbed.
00:58 The crowd grew quickly and so did the anger.
01:01 With the alleged attacker still inside, police tried to hold back the crowd.
01:06 People used what was available to them in the area, including bricks, concrete, pailings,
01:16 to assault police.
01:17 Our paramedics became directly under threat and were supported by police and had to retreat
01:24 into the church.
01:27 The commissioner says three officers were taken to hospital and more than 40 police
01:32 cars damaged, while the faithful prayed for the bishop's health.
01:39 Father Royel was also declared stable.
01:43 The alleged attacker was escorted by police to hospital after suffering injuries to his
01:48 hand.
01:49 The teenager had previously been charged with knife offences and was handed a good behaviour
01:54 bond.
01:55 He wasn't on a terrorism watch list from the NSW police or their federal counterparts.
02:01 After last night's violent scenes here, police have made the unusual move of requesting the
02:06 location where the alleged offender is being held be kept secret amid fears of further
02:11 retaliation against him.
02:13 There is no place for violent extremism.
02:16 You'll be met by the full force of the law if there's any attempt for tit for tat violence.
02:21 Police investigating a night of violence while trying to prevent another.
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