SHOCKING video captured moments after a knifeman unleashed on a bishop in Sydney shows the alleged attacker grinning from ear to ear.
The 15-year-old boy smiled eerily at a camera as he lay pinned to the floor of a church by several brave witnesses and a police officer.
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The alleged attacker smirked at a camera while pinned to the floor by churchgoersCredit: X
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A live stream appeared to show the terrifying moment Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbedCredit: X
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Bishop Emmanuel was reportedly stabbed multiple timesCredit: Facebook
Well-known bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed on Monday night, about 7pm local time, as he preached to his congregation at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley.
At least four people were stabbed in the swift and brutal knife attack.
It was the second mass stabbing to hit Sydney in just 48 hours, after 40-year-old Joel Cauchi carried out a senseless rampage at a Bondi Junction shopping centre and killed six people.
A YouTube livestream of the bishop’s service showed him speaking from the alter, when a teen dressed in a dark hoodie approached him.
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The teen calmly walked up to the elderly church leader then suddenly lunged at him, raising a hand which appeared to hold a knife and stabbing furiously at the bishop.
He appeared to be aiming for the clergyman’s chest and neck.
The bishop tumbled to the ground, dragging the lectern down with him, as brave churchgoers leapt from their seats and piled on top of the alleged attacker.
Others made urgent calls to emergency services.
New footage showed the teen smiling at a camera as he lay facedown under the weight of churchgoers – beside a man whose jeans were stained with blood.
He was detained by parishioners on the floor before cops swooped in and arrested him.
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The teen is now being treated for “severe” wounds to his hands.
Bishop Emmanuel – who has a huge following on social media – was reportedly stabbed multiple times and rushed to hospital.
Footage showed him being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher as a large crowd of furious bystanders gathered outside the church.
Angry Sydneysiders chanted “an eye for an eye” and “bring him out” as riot police descended on the scene.
The angry crowd also reportedly called to “cut off the fingers” of the suspect, shouting for his surrender as he was locked inside the building for safety.
Two police officers were reportedly injured in the swarm of over 5,000 people outside of the church.
New South Wales police later said the suspect had been “removed from the church and taken to an undisclosed location”.
The 15-year-old suspect is “known to police” and investigators have spoken to him, New South Wales acting assistant commissioner Andrew Holland told a press briefing.
AC Holland said: “Police have initially spoken to the young person again, his injuries are quite severe in his hand,” adding: “He’s fairly upset and very distraught.
“He’s asked to speak to his parents at this stage and we’re making arrangements with his parents to make contact with him.”
The acting assistant commissioner continued: “Police are obviously making sure that that young person is safe and, and obviously with the action of the parishioners and obviously the local community, there was concerns for his safety.
“Hence, the decision was made to detain him in the church until later in the night.”
He praised the churchgoers for jumping into action amid the attack and for “subduing him after he stabbed the two clergy members”.
Cops earlier said that “a number of people” had been stabbed at the church, as paramedics confirmed a man in his 50s was taken to hospital with stab wounds.
Three others were treated at the scene, including a man in his 30s and two others with lacerations to the arm and hand.
Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital – where Bishop Emmanuel was reportedly in a stable condition – was said to be in lockdown on Monday night.
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A crowd of more than 5,000 people gathers outside the church after the attack
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New South Wales cops guard the entrance to the church as the suspect is kept inside
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The attack on the bishop comes after knifeman Joel Cauchi murdered six people at a Sydney shopping centre on Saturday
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Dawn Singleton, who was killed in the Sydney mall atrocity, was due to wed cop Ashley WildeyCredit: Facebook
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