Six injured in attack at gay-pride parade
JERUSALEM – Revelers dancing and singing through the streets of Jerusalem during the holy city’s annual gay-pride parade were left shrieking in pain and panic Thursday night, as an anti-gay extremist lunged into a group leading the march and stabbed six people, Israeli police and witnesses said.
Police said the attacker, Yishai Schlissel, who was arrested at the scene for Thursday’s attack, had been released from prison just three weeks ago, after serving a sentence for stabbing several people at the parade in 2005.
Six people were wounded in the attack, two of them seriously, Eli Bin of Israel’s emergency service said.
The gay-pride parade was proceeding as planned with party music, Israeli flags and rainbow-clad marchers wending their way through central Jerusalem.
Associated Press
