Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Man Yishai Schlissel 'Stabs Six' At Jerusalem Gay Pride March | HuffPost

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Man 'Stabs Six' At Israel Gay Pride

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stabbed several people at a gay pride parade in central Jerusalem on Thursday. Local media is reporting that the alleged attacker, Yishai Schlissel, had recently been released from prison having been convicted of stabbing three people at a similar parade in 2005.

Police arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jew after he attacked people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in central Jerusalem. Israeli police said several people were stabbed

Eli Bin of Israel's emergency service said six young people were wounded, two of them seriously. Witnesses told Channel 2 TV that the attacker rushed the marchers and stabbed multiple people before Israeli police jumped on him and arrested him. Yishai Avior told the station that he heard screaming and saw three people on the ground bleeding. Reports suggest that Schlissel hid in a nearby supermarket and jumped out to attack the march when it passed nearby.

Ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel walks through a Gay Pride parade and is just about to pull a knife from under his coat and start stabbing people in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 30, 2015

Jerusalem's annual parade is smaller and more restrained than the annual gay pride march in Tel Aviv, which was attended by some 100,000 revelers last month. Israel's ultra-Orthodox minority is hostile to homosexuality, with Pride marches a source of tension between the religious extremists and the country's secular, liberal-minded majority.

An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabs a woman in the back with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in central Jerusalem

Jerusalem Gay Pride Attack

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An Israeli person who was wounded receives treatment during the gay parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An Israeli person who was wounded receives treatment during the gay parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An Israeli person who was wounded receives treatment during the gay parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An Israeli person who was wounded receives treatment during the gay parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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A wounded Israeli person receives treatment during the gay parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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A wounded Israeli person receives treatment during the gay parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An wounded an Israeli man receives treatment during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An wounded an Israeli man receives treatment during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An wounded an Israeli man receives treatment during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An wounded an Israeli man receives treatment during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israeli Policemen arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man suspected of stabbing participants of the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israeli Policemen arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man suspected of stabbing participants of the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israeli Policemen arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man suspected of stabbing participants of the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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An Israeli cries after a stabbing during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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A wounded Israeli receives treatment during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israelis react after a stabbing during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israelis react after a stabbing during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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A wounded Israeli receives treatment during the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israelis participate in the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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A member of the Israeli police forensic team collects evidence at the site where Yishai Shlissel, an ultra-orthodox Jew, stabbed six people taking part in a Gay Pride march in central Jerusalem on July 30, 2015, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)

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Israelis participate in the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israeli police cordon off the site where Yishai Shlissel, an ultra-orthodox Jew, stabbed six people taking part in a Gay Pride march in central Jerusalem on July 30, 2015, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)

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Israeli police cordon off the site where Yishai Shlissel, an ultra-orthodox Jew, stabbed six people taking part in a Gay Pride march in central Jerusalem on July 30, 2015, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)

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Israelis wearing Jewish Skull Caps participate in the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Israelis demonstrate against the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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Participants of the Gay Pride parade gather in a park in Jerusalem after Yishai Shlissel, an ultra-orthodox Jew, stabbed six people taking part in the march in central Jerusalem on July 30, 2015, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)

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Participants of the Gay Pride parade leave the march after Yishai Shlissel, an ultra-orthodox Jew, stabbed six people taking part in the event in central Jerusalem on July 30, 2015, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)

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Israelis demonstrate against the Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. At least six people were stabbed at Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade on Thursday. (credit:Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

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