The assailant, a Jewish man, was arrested; two seriously injured in attack; assailant is reportedly same man who carried out attack at gay pride parade in 2005.
An assailant stabbed six people marching in the annual Jerusalem gay pride parade on Thursday.
The assailant, an ultra-Orthodox man, was arrested at the scene. According to Channel 2, the suspect in Thursday\’s stabbing attack is the same man who perpetrated a similar stabbing attack at the 2005 Jerusalem gay pride parade.
According to the report, the suspect in the stabbing is Yishai Shlissel, who was recently released from prison after having been convicted of stabbing three people during the parade ten years ago.
MDA reported that six people were wounded in the incident that took place on the corners of Sokolov and Keren Hayesod streets in the capital.
Paramedics were treating two people in serious condition, one in moderate condition and three people who were lightly injured. All of the victims were in their thirties, according to MDA.
The wounded were being evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem\’s Ein Kerem neighborhood.
Thousands of people were taking part in the annual pride parade in the capital when the attack occurred.