Gay parade attacker sent to psych evaluation

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court orders Yishai Schlissel, arrested for the stabbing attack at last week’s Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade that killed 16-year-old Shira Banki and injured five others, to undergo psychiatric evaluation.

Schlissel carried out a similar stabbing attack at the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade in 2005. He finished serving his ten-year prison sentence for that attack last month, just three weeks before allegedly carrying out Friday’s attack.

A Prisons Service psychiatrist deemed Schlissel fit for incarceration early this week. The new evaluation will determine if he is fit to stand trial.