(Sydney Morning Herald) A 16-year-old boy who was previously suspended from school for carrying a knife and last year faced a weapons charge is at the centre of a counter-terrorism investigation after a frenzied knife attack on a bishop at the pulpit of a western Sydney church.
Police and intelligence agencies say that while the boy was not on any terrorism watchlist, there were strong indicators the Monday evening attack was religiously motivated.
Political leaders including NSW Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have called for calm after a riot broke out at the church in the aftermath of the stabbing, injuring police officers and forcing paramedics to take shelter.
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