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Coverage dated April 14, 2024 to April 15, 2024

Sydney Church Stabbing Was A ‘Terrorist Incident,’ Authorities Say

Headline from Forbes

Police officials said the stabbing appeared premeditated and fit the criteria of religiously motivated extremism.

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  1. Digital Journal

    Four wounded in Sydney church attack, 15-year-old arrested (opens Digital Journal)

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    A knife attack at a live-streamed church service in Australia wounded four people on Monday and sparked clashes between riot police and outraged members

  2. Forbes

    Sydney Church Stabbing Was A ‘Terrorist Incident,’ Authorities Say (opens Forbes)

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    Police officials said the stabbing appeared premeditated and fit the criteria of religiously motivated extremism.

  3. The Conversation US

    Why is the Sydney church stabbing an act of terrorism, but the Bondi tragedy isn’t? (opens The Conversation US)

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    Sydney has seen two stabbing incidents within days of each other. Grim comparisons are inevitable, but what makes them different?

  4. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    Sydney church stabbing called (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    Australian police on Tuesday said a brutal knife attack during a live-streamed church service was a religiously motivated "terrorist" act, as they urged calm from the angered local community.

  5. Hot Air

    Sydney Police Say Knife Attack Inside Church Was Terrorism (opens Hot Air)

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  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Australian clergy stabbings called terrorism (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    SYDNEY -- Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism.

  7. NPR

    A knife attack in Australia is being treated as terrorism (opens NPR)

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    Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism.

  8. Al Jazeera

    Knife attack at Sydney church a ‘terrorist’ act, police say (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Teenage suspect detained over attack that wounded a bishop and priest and triggered a riot in Sydney suburb of Wakeley.

  9. Triblive

    Police: Knife attack in Australia against a bishop, priest being treated as terrorism (opens Triblive)

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    SYDNEY— Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church that injure…

  10. WSVN Miami

    Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney against 2 clergymen is being treated as terrorism - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney against two clergymen is being treated as terrorism.Police arrested a 15-year-old boy Tuesday after

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