A BISHOP has reportedly been stabbed in Sydney just days after six shoppers were knifed to death in a horror mall rampage in the city.
Shocking live stream footage appeared to show Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being attacked while delivering a sermon at a church in Wakeley.
XA live stream appeared to show the terrifying moment Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed[/caption]
The incident happened on Monday night just after 7pm at Wakeley’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church.
Bishop Emmanuel was reportedly stabbed with a pen and rushed to hospital.
The attacker was detained by churchgoers and arrested at the scene by cops, reports say.
Another man was stabbed in the church and treated by paramedics, The Australian reports.
The live stream footage shows Bishop Emmanuel speaking at an alter as a man calmly walks up to him and lunges at his face and neck with a weapon.
Bishop Emmanuel falls to the ground and screams can be heard from the crowd as several churchgoers rush forward to help.
It comes after rampaging knifeman Joel Cauchi murdered six people at a mall in Bondi on Saturday.
Hero cop Inspector Amy Scott single-handedly confronted Cauchi, 40, as he stalked victims at Westfield Bondi Junction and shot him dead.
The inspector, who happened to be nearby at the time of the attack, fired a volley of shots after the assailant turned on her and raised a knife.
Cauchi attacked 17 people – three men and 14 women – during his horror rampage.
Among the wounded were a nine-month-old baby and her mum Dr Ashlee Good, 38, who died from her injuries in hospital.
Before Dr Good tragically died in hospital, five others were declared dead in the shopping centre – Jade Young, 47; Pikria Darchia, 55; Dawn Singleton, 25; Ashlee Good, 38; and Cheng Yixuan, 27.
Security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, was the only man killed in the horrific onslaught.
Police said it was “obvious” the killer focused on women.
Witnesses told how they heard screaming before seeing the attacker “indiscriminately swiping” at people as he calmly walked along the corridors.
More to follow.