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JERUSALEM, June 26 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli court on Sunday gave a life sentence to an ultra-Orthodox Jew for murdering a girl and attempting to murder five others during 2015's Jerusalem gay pride parade.
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Yishai Schlissel, 39, to life in prison and an additional 31 years in prison.
He was also ordered to pay damages amounting to 2,064,000 shekels (about 531,060 U.S. dollars) to his victims.
On July 30, 2015, Schlissel was arrested during a stabbing rampage, after stabbing and wounding six people. One of his victims, 16-year-old Shira Banki, died of her injuries a few days later.
On April 19 he was convicted of murder and five attempted murders.
His attack was made only three weeks after he was released from prison, where he served a 10-year sentence for carrying out a similar stabbing attack in the 2005 Jerusalem pride parade. Three people were injured in the attack.
The killing shocked the Israeli society, prompting across the board condemnation by political leaders.
