Israeli police arrest man after six stabbed in Gay Pride parade

Jerusalem stabbing suspect Yishai Schlissel was jailed for similar attack in 2005

Stabbing Victim Jerusalem
A stabbing victim receives treatment during Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade
(Image credit: Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)

Police in Israel have arrested a man after six people were wounded in a stabbing at the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem yesterday.

A spokesperson said the suspect is Yishai Schlissel – the same man who stabbed three people at a gay parade in 2005. Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for that attack and was released just three weeks ago, notes the BBC.

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