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JERUSALEM (AP) — Police in Jerusalem say the man who stabbed six people during an annual gay pride parade today was the same man who had stabbed several people at the parade a decade ago. They say the anti-gay extremist (Yishai Schlissel) had just been released from prison three weeks ago after serving time for that attack.
An emergency service official says six of the people who were attacked today were seriously hurt.
Police say the attack took place despite a "massive" security presence. They say the attacker was arrested at the scene.
An Associated Press photographer saw the man enter the throng of people with his hand in his coat and within seconds raise a knife and begin stabbing people in the back. Police pounced on him and arrested him.
Media reports say the man had hid in a nearby supermarket, and jumped out to attack the march when it passed nearby.
The reports also say that thousands of Jerusalem residents who had not initially taken part in the parade joined in after the attack in solidarity.
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APPHOTO SEB115: A police officer removes a knife from ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel after he stabbed people during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 30, 2015. Schlisse was recently released from prison after serving a term for stabbing several people at a gay pride parade in 2005, a police spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (30 Jul 2015)
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APPHOTO SEB113: Ultra Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel is detained by plain-clothes police officers after he stabbed people during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 30, 2015. Schlisse was recently released from prison after serving a term for stabbing several people at a gay pride parade in 2005, a police spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (30 Jul 2015)
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