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Judge denies bail to teen charged with terror-related offenses after stabbings at Sydney church

May. 02, 2024 02:46 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — A judge denied bail Thursday to a 15-year-old boy alleged to be in a network planning terrorist acts and who claimed to be a friend of another teen accused of stabbing a Sydney bishop last month. The attack on the bishop triggered an investigation that led to the...

Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege

Apr. 29, 2024 02:54 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed i n a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday. Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney court on Thursday last...

Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney

Apr. 26, 2024 03:03 AM EDT

NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Muslim groups in Australia on Friday criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it had created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country's minority Muslim community. The...

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church

Apr. 24, 2024 07:08 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. ...

Staff and shoppers return to 'somber' Sydney shopping mall 6 days after mass stabbings

Apr. 19, 2024 03:21 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Shoppers and workers returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall Friday, where six days earlier an assailant stabbed six people to death and wounded more than a dozen others in an attack that police believe targeted women. Westfield Bondi Junction mall near...

Father of boy accused of stabbing 2 Sydney clerics saw no signs of extremism, Muslim leader says

Apr. 17, 2024 04:58 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — The father of a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics in Australia saw no signs of his son’s extremism, a Muslim community leader said on Wednesday as police began arresting suspected rioters who besieged a Sydney church demanding revenge. The 16-year-old...

Tensions rise in Australia after a bishop and priest are wounded in a knife attack in a church

Apr. 16, 2024 08:06 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and a priest during a church service in the second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in recent days, leaving communities on edge, leaders calling for calm and a besieged church urging against retaliation. ...

A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say

Apr. 16, 2024 00:00 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — 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, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at...

Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women

Apr. 15, 2024 08:48 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. The killer's father blamed his son's...

Officer, bystanders hailed for confronting and stopping a man who killed 6 at a Sydney shopping mall

Apr. 14, 2024 05:14 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards danger” to confront the attacker who stabbed and killed six people at a suburban Sydney shopping center. The shopping mall, one of the country’s busiest and near the world-famous Bondi...