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Counter-terror police conduct raids after church attack

By AAP Newswire

Apr 24, 2024

Police Tape — NSW Police said a series of search warrants had been executed in the city on Wednesday. -AAP Image

Counter-terrorism police have raided multiple Sydney properties a little over a week after a bishop was stabbed during a live-streamed church sermon.

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NSW Police said a series of search warrants had been executed in the city on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team.

"There is no current threat to public safety and no connection to Anzac Day commemorations," police said in a statement.

More information on the raids would be provided later in the day, police said.

The counter-terrorism squad is made up of state and federal police, as well as officials from ASIO and the NSW Crime Commission.

The execution of the search warrants follows a terrorism charge being laid against a 16-year-old over the attack at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley on the night of April 15.

The stabbing, which investigators say was religiously motivated, left Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and priest Isaac Royel injured before the attacker was subdued.

Several people have also been arrested and charged over riots that broke out outside the church following the stabbing.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press