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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 a paramedic at the scene, at least two of the six injured are 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/Mptz9MRAVB | 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 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. | The suspect has been arrested and is currently being questioned by police. |
| Police arrest Yishai Schlissel, after he attacked people with a knife at Jerusalem's annual pride parade Police say that the attacker is Yishai Schlissel, a man who carried out a similar attack when he stabbed three people at the parade in 2005. | Police arrest Yishai Schlissel, after he attacked people with a knife at Jerusalem's annual pride parade Police say that the attacker is Yishai Schlissel, 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. |
| A parade participant cowers as an Orthodox extremist attacks pride parade participants "I saw an ultra-Orthodox youth stabbing everyone in his way," said Shai Aviyor, a witness interviewed on Israel's Channel 2 television. | A parade participant cowers as an Orthodox extremist attacks pride parade participants "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/CDm3Our2w9 | 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 objehad carried out same attack 10 years ago ct to public displays of homosexuality. | |
| Police disarm attacker Yishai Schlissel after he stabbed six people at the pride parade 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. | Police disarm attacker Yishai Schlissel after he stabbed six people at the pride parade 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/AZYENCrchO | Photo 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. | 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. |