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Eugene

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Sun Jun 26, 2016, 02:15 PM Jun 2016

Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbing: ultra-orthodox Yishai Schlissel jailed for life

Source: BBC

Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbing: ultra-orthodox Yishai Schlissel jailed for life

26 June 2016 Middle East

An Israeli court has given a life sentence to a man who killed a teenager and wounded five other marchers at last year's Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem.

Yishai Schlissel, 40, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, said he had been doing God's will when he stabbed his victims.

He managed to infiltrate the parade three weeks after completing a 10-year sentence for a similar attack in 2005.

The court criticised the police, saying they had known the danger Schissel posed but failed to act properly.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36634148
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Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbing: ultra-orthodox Yishai Schlissel jailed for life (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2016 OP
At least some justice. Think it will deter others? n/t Old Union Guy Jul 2016 #1
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Good King_David Jul 2016 #2

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