Six Jerusalem Gay Pride marchers stabbed by extremist Orthodox Jew
Image: The suspect is arrested shortly after he stormed the Jerusalem Gay Pride marchers.
AN extremist Orthodox Jewish man has allegedly stabbed six people taking part in the Jerusalem Gay Pride march.
The suspect, who had just completed a 10-year sentence for a similar attack in 2005, was caught on camera just as he stormed the parade with a knife
Israeli police say the attack occurred in Jerusalem’s city centre, and the suspect, identified as Yishai Shlissel, was quickly arrested.
#BREAKING: #Jerusalem: Picture of Orthodox that carried the attack. 10 years ago he also stabbed people during parade pic.twitter.com/YhmD9SfrDk
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) July 30, 2015
Despite the incident, the parade and its hundreds of marchers continued on afterwards, despite the blood on the road.
According to BBC News, two of stabbed victims were in a “serious condition”.
After the march, hundreds gathered in Zion Square to protest against homophobia.
Prob over 1,000 ppl demonstrating right now in Zion Square against homophobia after the stabbing at #jerusalem #pride pic.twitter.com/tNL3z6yk6A
— Mori Rothman-Zecher (@Moriel_RZ) July 30, 2015
Jerusalem Gay Pride has long been a source of tension between the city’s secular majority and its Jewish Orthodox communities.
H/T: BBC News
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Pass Hate Crime laws immediately!
It’s interesting that all those trashing religious affiliated groups on these threads can’t see their own prejudice and ignorance
The newly appointed sexuality commissioner in Victoria comes from a faith based background
Extremists are the problem here.
A thoughtful response would give more credibility to those that want to throw the baby out with the bathwater
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Thank you, *religion. Good to know all of the fantasy-role-playing you’ve been doing for decades has come to good use, right?
*Waits for religious people to show up to say how, “I’m not like him/them/her/that other group” who continuously attempt to/ do murder people because they are religious.
You DO see the ISSUE, right???!???