In what is being called an alleged hate crime, a priest from Kerala was stabbed by a 72-year-old man in Melbourne on Sunday.
Fr Tomy Mathew Kalathoor, 48, was stabbed in the neck at the St Matthew’s Parish at Fawkner in Melbourne. A man, armed with a knife, stabbed the Catholic priest moments before Fr Tomy was scheduled to lead the 11 am Italian-language mass.
The priest escaped with minor upper-body injuries. The assailant has been arrested and charged with intentionally causing harm. He is due to appear in the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ court on 13 June.
Fr Tomy remains in a stable condition at The Northern Hospital.
"At this stage, we believe the incident is isolated” Detective Senior Constable Rhiannon Norton told reporters.
There's nothing to suggest he's a danger to anyone else," Detective Senior Constable Rhiannon Norton told reporters.
(With PTI inputs)
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