A Jewish ultra-Orthodox assailant is detained by Israeli police after he stabbed people during the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, on July 30, 2015. Six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual gay pride parade on Thursday, in one of the gravest attacks on the gay community in Israel, Israeli officials and eyewitnesses told Xinhua. A police spokesperson said the assailant was captured and identified as Yishai Schlissel, a Jewish ultra-Orthodox man who carried out a similar attack in 2005, injuring three people. Schlissel was released from prison only three weeks ago. (Xinhua/JINI/Emil Salman)
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Six wounded in stabbing attack during Jerusalem's gay parade
JERUSALEM, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual gay pride parade on Thursday, in one of the gravest attacks on the gay community in Israel, Israeli officials and eyewitnesses told Xinhua.
A police spokesperson said the assailant was captured and identified as Yishai Schlissel, a Jewish ultra-Orthodox man who carried out a similar attack in 2005, injuring three people. Schlissel was released from prison only three weeks ago.Full Story
