'We have no control over him,' says Schlissel's father

The father of Yishai Schlissel, the religious extremist serving a life sentence for the murder of a teenager at the Jerusalem Pride Parade last year, says the family has no control over him.

Police revealed today that Schlissel was arrested in prison yesterday over a suspected plot to attack parade-goers again this year. His brother Michael was arrested yesterday in connection with the plot as well.

“We started to rehabilitate him as much as we could, to find him a job, and, much to our chagrin, we have no control over him. He’s a grown man,” his father says, according to Channel 10.

Before last year’s attack, Schlissel had just been released from prison after serving 10 years for a stabbing attack at the Jerusalem pride parade in 2005.