SYDNEY, Australia: A Sydney bishop brutally stabbed during a live-streamed sermon said Thursday he was recovering and forgives his attacker, declaring: "You are my son."

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was slashed in the head and chest by a 16-year-old suspect on Monday, sparking a riot by followers of the Assyrian Christian church in western Sydney.

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