Stabbings - UK & Worldwide

Sydney church stabbing: Australian bishop forgives alleged 16 year-old attacker..By Tiffanie Turnbull, BBC News, Sydney.

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Bishop Emmanuel gained notoriety during the pandemic when he slammed Sydney’s Covid lockdown

A bishop who was stabbed at a Sydney church on Monday has said he is "recovering quickly" and forgives his alleged attacker.

In an audio message, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel also called for the community to remain calm.

Police say the attack, which was livestreamed and injured four people, was a religiously motivated terror act.

It sparked a riot outside The Good Shepherd Church, where angry supporters of the bishop had gathered.

A 16-year-old boy - who was also injured - has been arrested over the incident, but has not been charged with any offence. Authorities have repeatedly declined to state the suspected beliefs of the boy.

Earlier this week, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation boss Mike Burgess said authorities were investigating videos that allegedly captured the suspect yelling in Arabic and referencing "the Prophet".

In Bishop Emmanuel's four-minute clip, released by the church on social media on Thursday, he says he forgives "whoever has done this act".

"And I will always pray for you. And whoever sent you to do this, I forgive them as well in Jesus's mighty name," he said.

He added that he was "doing fine" and "there is no need to be worried or concerned".

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Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was preaching at The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley in Sydney's west on Monday evening when a man dressed in black walked up to the altar and stabbed him multiple times

New South Wales Police have previously said the cleric is "lucky to be alive" after the stabbing, which occurred while he was saying mass at the Assyrian Orthodox Church, which is about 35km south-west of the city centre.

When graphic videos of the attack - and the aftermath - spread rapidly online on Monday night, they drew hundreds of people to church. There, violent unrest left two police officers injured, 10 police cars destroyed, and paramedics fearing for their safety.

Police have promised those involved will be tracked down and charged. They made their first arrest, a 19-year-old man, on Wednesday night.

With tensions running high, authorities and community leaders have been concerned about further "tit-for-tat" violence.

Bishop Emmanuel also used his public message to urge his supporters to cooperate with police.

"I need you to act Christ-like. The Lord Jesus never taught us to fight. The Lord Jesus never taught us to retaliate."

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Footage later emerged of the alleged attacker being pinned down on his front by a police officer, as he smiled and appeared to mock his captors.

Yet another 'very rare incident'...4 people got prison sentences yesterday for killing a man with machetes outside a KFC in Solihull.

Moroccan asylum seeker, 45, tells jury stress made him 'lose his mind' before stabbing pensioner, 70, to death in the street, Ahmed Alid, 45, is charged with murdering Terence Carney, 70, in Hartlepool..By Emily Jane Davies.

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A police handout photo of Ahmed Alid, who is charged with murdering Terence Carney, 70

A Moroccan asylum seeker has claimed stress made him 'lose his mind' moments before he stabbed a pensioner to death in the street.

Ahmed Alid, 45, is charged with murdering Terence Carney, 70, in Hartlepool town centre, minutes after repeatedly knifing his sleeping housemate Javed Nouri, 31, in his bed.

The jury at Teesside Crown Court was told by prosecutors that Alid was seeking 'revenge' for the Israel-Palestine conflict.

He admits stabbing both men in the early hours of October 15th, eight days after Hamas launched their attacks on Israel, but denies murder and attempted murder.

Under cross-examination by Jonathan Sandiford KC, Alid told Teesside Crown Court he was feeling stressed when he came across Mr Carney.

He was left bleeding from his hand following the earlier confrontation with Mr Nouri, an Iranian who had converted to Christianity, at their shared asylum seekers' accommodation in Wharton Terrace.

Speaking via an Arabic interpreter, he recalled the moment before he repeatedly stabbed the pensioner, saying the stress 'made me lose my temper, ]I] lost my mind, I didn't know what I was doing'.

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The scene in Javed Nouri's bedroom after he was allegedly stabbed by Ahmed Alid

Alid explained there were previous disagreements with Mr Nouri and claimed he was tormented over several months.

He had lost his passport in Greece and he wanted to leave the UK and go back to Spain.

He denies murder, attempted murder and assaulting two female detectives after they interviewed him.

Giving evidence from the witness box previously, Alid said he felt as if someone else was pushing him when he forced his way into Mr Nouri's room.

After describing the struggle he had with the former body builder, he explained how a number of problems, including an issue with his father dating back to 2003, were on his mind.

He also said he felt homesick, that he could not work in the UK and that he had argued with Mr Nouri previously.

The jury has heard how Mr Nouri clashed with Alid about the shared property being dirty when he moved in.

After stabbing Mr Nouri, Alid claimed he left the asylum seekers' accommodation in the early hours of October 15, looking for a clinic as he had suffered a cut hand during the fight.

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The scene at Wharton Terrace after the alleged incident took place

He recalled seeing Mr Carney coming towards him and the defendant remembered shouting 'Free Palestine' in a loud voice.

He claimed Mr Carney, whom he said he had seen out and about previously, said something like 'Go back to your country'.

Via an Arabic interpreter, Alid told jurors: 'My hand was bleeding, I had lost a lot of blood and he came towards me. I felt like dizziness.'

John Elvidge KC, defending, asked: 'Why did you stab him?'

Alid replied: 'I was not feeling well.

'I thought I am going to faint and he will take the knife from me and he will stab me.'

After he knifed the pensioner, Mr Carney fell and began to crawl on the ground, Alid said.

The defendant told the jury he believed Mr Carney was looking for a stone with which to hit him.

Mr Elvidge asked: 'Did you intend to cause him really serious harm?'

Alid replied: 'No, he was an old man.

'Any normal person at that age would never talk to anyone at this time.'

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Earlier, Alid said he came to Europe in 2007 as there was a problem with the intelligence services monitoring his shop and they were 'harassing' him.

He moved around the continent for years, spending time in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Austria, before he came to the UK in 2020 via a ferry, arriving in Middlesbrough.

The court heard he was arrested by police as he did not have the correct papers and he applied for asylum.

Asked by Mr Elvidge if that was successful, Alid said: 'I didn't have any answer.'

He was allowed to work four hours a week, but that did not lead to him getting a job, the court heard.

A teenage girl has been arrested for attempted murder after stabbing 2 teachers at a South Wales school ...I hope the Police used a taser and lit her a$$ up with 50,000 volts.

Kilburn.

A 21 year old man arrested.

A woman in her 20s and a man in his 50s were taken to hospital. Both have suffered non life threatening stab injuries.

Another incredibly rare vicious assault involving an asylum seeker. It's so incredibly rare that it happens on a very regular basis. 
GB News submitted a freedom of information request, to check on the number of violent or sexual assaults involving asylum seekers. 
The MoJ denied it, saying it would cost £43k. GB News offered to pay it. The MoJ effectivley refused.
No-one should be denied the truth. As unpalatable it is to the woke brigade.
Seriously - this country is so f*ck*d.

The inquest into the deaths of 3 men stabbed to death in Reading by an asylum seeker is concluding.

Man charged with murder after a 46 year old was found stabbed to death near Tottenhams stadium on 7th April.

Dagenha, a 23 year old found stabbed to death and another man with knife wounds on 20th April.