At least six people were stabbed at a gay pride parade Thursday evening in Jerusalem and at least two of the victims were in critical condition.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and said treated responsible would be considered responsible. “Justice will be dealt to whoever was responsible for this act,” he said. “In the state of Israel, an individual’s freedom is choice and is one of the country’s most basic values.”
The attacker approached the parade but was told to stay away by a policewoman, at which point he apparently took a side street around the parade. Then he ran toward the crowd wielding a large knife, stabbing at least 6 individuals, according to an eyewitness to the attack.
The suspect was later confirmed to be the same man responsible for an attack on a gay pride parade in Israel 10 years earlier. Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, served 12 years in prison for stabbing three people at the parade in 2005.
