Jerusalem planning tight security for Pride parade

Police are planning to deploy large numbers of officers to protect the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, a year after 16-year-old Shira Banki was murdered by an anti-gay Jewish zealot at the march.

Marchers will undergo a security check at the start of the parade in Liberty Park, where they will receive ID bracelets, Ynet reports. Police also say that the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, which is organizing the event, has submitted a list of participants, and only names on the list will gain entry.

Police say, however, that people will be allowed to join the parade as it makes its way through the street of the city once they undergo a security check. No one will be permitted to march with a weapon, even those who have a license to carry a gun.