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Jerusalem pride stabbings: Six people stabbed by ultra-Orthodox Jewish assailant at Israeli gay pride march 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 policeAn 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. According to a paramedic at the scene, at least two of the six injured are in a serious condition.
BREAKING: At least four stabbed at Jerusalem Pride Parade, updates to come. pic.twitter.com/Mptz9MRAVBBREAKING: 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 spokeswomen Luba Samri said that a suspected ultra-Orthodox Jewish man had stabbed six of the marchers.
The suspect has been arrested and is currently being questioned by police.
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.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.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."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."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/CDm3Our2w9Right 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.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. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned "as a most serious incident" what was the worst attack in years on the event in Jerusalem, a city where the religious population is more prominent than in other parts of Israel.
Photo by @israelphoto of the stabbing that just took place at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride Parade. Deeply upsetting. pic.twitter.com/AZYENCrchOPhoto by @israelphoto of the stabbing that just took place at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride Parade. Deeply upsetting. pic.twitter.com/AZYENCrchO
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.
Rioting broke out in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood before the 2006 parade, but the day itself passed without incident.Rioting broke out in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood before the 2006 parade, but the day itself passed without incident.
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