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Jerusalem Gay Pride: Six stabbed 'by ultra-Orthodox Jew'
23 minutes ago
23 minutes ago
- From the section Middle East
- Israeli police have arrested a man after six people were wounded in a stabbing at the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem.
- A police spokesperson identified the suspect as the same man who stabbed three people at the parade in 2005.
- Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for that attack and was released from prison three weeks ago.
- Two of the injured are in a serious condition, medics said.
- The attacker emerged behind marchers and began stabbing them while screaming, before being tackled by a police officer.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack as "a most serious incident".
- "In the state of Israel the individual's freedom of choice is one of basic values. We must ensure that in Israel, every man and woman lives in security in any way they choose. That's how we acted in the past and how we'll continue to act. I wish the wounded a speedy recovery," he said in a statement.
- (As long as they are not arabs living in the land we want)
- President Reuven Rivlin condemned the stabbing as a "terrible hate crime".
- (I agree)
- "We must not be deluded, a lack of tolerance will lead us to disaster. We cannot allow such crimes, and we must condemn those who commit and support them."
- (agree, as long as you also condemn crimes by your gov which you don't)
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