Daily Times

JERUSALEM – Ateenage girl stabbed along with five other people at a Jerusalem Gay Pride march by a suspect identified as an ultra-Orthodox Jew died of her wounds on Sunday, a hospital said.

ShiraBanki, 16, had been in critical condition since being stabbed in the back during Thursday’s march. The five other victims suffered various degrees of injuries.HadarElboim of the Hadassah Hospital said the organs of the 16-year-old would be donated.

The girlwas among six people wounded Thursday by an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who had carried out a similar attack on a gay pride parade in 2005.He had been released from prison just three weeks earlier and had angrily spoken out against the parade after his release.

Jerusalem, known for its rich religious history and tradition, holds a modest parade annually in contrast to the large parade in nearby liberal Tel Aviv, which drew over 100,000 people this year.