A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report.

The incident reportedly happened on Monday night in the suburb of Wakeley.

Police responded to reports that a number of people had been stabbed but said none of their injuries were life-threatening.

They added that a man had been arrested and was assisting them with their inquiries.

It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in the attack, which is reported to have happened at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church.

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Wtf is happening in Sydney recently

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Maybe this is the result of all the cuts to mental health services :/

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I remember when Abbott’s government cut the budget for mental health and within around a month it seemed like the homeless population in the CBD doubled.

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Media contagion. People on the edge see news coverage about an event and “get inspired” by it.

A classic example of media contagion is how after wall-to-wall coverage of Curt Cobain’s death suicides spiked. This led media organizations to police themselves when it comes to how they report on suicides. Those guidelines still exist and are (usually) voluntarily adhered to.

There are solid arguments (and ongoing research) into media contagion driving mass shootings and other acts of violence. In fact, it is widely cited as the reason why people who wanted to commit public attacks switched from bombings to shootings after the media coverage of the Columbine shooting.

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Stabbings, clearly.

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Knife control now!

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0 deaths, because he didn’t have access to firearms.

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Ima guess poverty on the rise sinec they have decent access to mental health care

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Hah decent access, good one mate.

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Nationalized healthcare failng you?

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There isn’t a healthcare system in the world that can cure “driven to murder multiple people”. The pro-gun community blames “mental health” not because it’s the root cause but because it will take 100 years to fix.

After 20 years of scapegoating things they find undesirable (like video games, gay marriage and music), they’ve finally blamed a few things that are at least contributing to the problem but ultimately they’re being just as dishonest as they’ve always been.

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Most studies show lowering poverty and providing easy access to mental health as the two driving factors in preventing violent crime

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Hmmm rename to Stabney ?

Too soon

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Shivney

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Shitney

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This seems to be religious motivated

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Well yeah a priest getting stabbed to death … he probably had it coming for SOME reason 🫠

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