Four wounded in Sydney church stabbing: emergency officials

SYDNEY   -  Emergency services said four people are being treated for “non-life threatening injuries” after an apparent stabbing at a church service in Sydney on Monday. The incident comes just two days af­ter a knife rampage in an eastern Sydney shopping mall killed six people. 

A live stream showed Monday’s gruesome at­tack, which took place during a service at an As­syrian church in the west of the city. A man ap­proached the altar, raised his right arm and slashed at the preacher with a knife, prompting panic and screams among the congregation. A number of people appeared to rush to help. The ambulance service told AFP that four men aged between 20 and 70 were being treated for injuries, includ­ing lacerations. Local media said the incident oc­curred at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church.

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