March 20, 2017 11:06 AM

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Indian Catholic priest stabbed in Melbourne church in apparent hate crime

In Australia, in an apparent racist attack, a Catholic priest of Indian heritage was stabbed in the neck at a church in Melbourne by a man who called him unqualified to say mass as he was an Indian. According to local media, a man stabbed Tomy Kalathoor Mathew, in the church foyer moments before the mass at St Matthew's Parish in Fawkner yesterday. <br/><br/>Father Mathew suffered upper-body injuries and remains in a stable condition at The Northern Hospital. The offender told the priest that because he was Indian, he must be a Hindu or a Muslim and therefore unqualified to say mass, said the local media. A 72-year-old man was arrested and charged with intentionally and recklessly causing injury.

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