Riots against the background of an armed attack on a priest in an Australian church began on the streets of Sydney, Sky News Australia reported on April 15.
Riots on the streets of Sydney. "Riots broke out after reports of a stabbing at Fairfield Church in Sydney's west. People are extremely angry, but this is understandable, because the leader of their local church received such a terrible stab wound. He is still alive, he was taken by ambulance to Liverpool Hospital. Now we are hearing reports that the riots are escalating," the message says.
Earlier it was reported that an Assyrian Australian bishop was attacked by an armed criminal during a church service in Sydney. In the footage of the video distributed on social networks, Bishop Mar Marie Emmanuel can be seen addressing parishioners, after which a man approaches him and stabs him several times. Police later reported that four people were injured in the armed attack, and the alleged perpetrator was detained.