Story highlights Six people stabbed Thursday at gay pride parade in Jerusalem, police say

Police: Suspect is same man convicted of stabbing marchers at a similar event in 2005

The suspect, Yishai Shlissel, an Orthodox Jew, was recently released from prison

(CNN) An Orthodox Jew who stabbed marchers at a Jerusalem gay pride parade 10 years ago launched another knife attack at the same type of parade in the same city Thursday, stabbing and wounding six people who were on the streets for the event, police said.

Of the six people stabbed Thursday, two were injured seriously, Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

Police arrested Yishai Shlissel, Samri said.

Israeli police say Shlissel, an Orthodox Jew, was released from prison three weeks ago after serving a 10-year prison sentence for stabbing and wounding three marchers at a Jerusalem gay pride parade in 2005.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the government would "pursue justice for those responsible" for the latest attack. The government fell short of calling it an act of terror, but Netanyahu did call it "a despicable hate crime."

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