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Jerusalem pride stabbings: Six people stabbed by ultra-Orthodox Jewish assailant at Israeli gay pride march | |
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish assailant has stabbed six people at Jerusalem's annual gay pride march, according to Israeli police | |
The exact number of injuries has not been determined, but a paramedic said at least six people had been injured, with at least two of them in a serious condition. | |
BREAKING: At least four stabbed at Jerusalem Pride Parade, updates to come. pic.twitter.com/Mptz9MRAVB | |
Police spokeswomen Luba Samri said that a suspected ultra-Orthodox Jewish man had stabbed six of the marchers. | |
Police say they believe that the suspected attacker was a man who carried out a similar attack when he stabbed three people at the parade in 2005. | |
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and was released recently. | |
"I saw an ultra-Orthodox youth stabbing everyone in his way," said Shai Aviyor, a witness interviewed on Israel's Channel 2 television. | |
"We heard people screaming, everyone ran for cover, and there were bloodied people on the ground," Aviyor said. | |
Right now: right wing activists attack #jerusalem #pride people are injured it is scary pic.twitter.com/CDm3Our2w9 | |
In the past, the march has been a focal point of tensions between Israel's mostly secular population and the minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the area, who object to public displays of homosexuality. | |
Oded Fried, the head of a leading gay rights group, said the march would go on despite the attack. "Our struggle for equality only intensifies in the face of such events," he said. | |
Photo by @israelphoto of the stabbing that just took place at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride Parade. Deeply upsetting. pic.twitter.com/AZYENCrchO | |
Rioting broke out in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood before the 2006 parade, but the day itself passed without incident. | |
More to follow |