JERUSALEM
A teenage girl stabbed at a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem has died from her injuries, a hospital official said on Sunday.
High school student Shira Banki, 16, was attacked by extremist Yishai Schlissel on Thursday, three weeks after he was released from prison where he served a 10-year sentence for a similar attack on a gay rights march in 2005.
Hadassah Medical Center said Banki’s family had asked for organs to be donated.
Five other people were injured in the attack and two are still in a serious condition. Schlissel was arrested at the scene.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to Banki's family. “Shira was murdered because she bravely supported everyone’s right to live their life in dignity and security,” Netanyahu said.
In a statement issued on Sunday, her family said: "Our magical Shira was murdered because she was a happy 16-year-old - full of life and love - who came to express her support for her friends' rights to live as they choose. For no good reason and because of evil, stupidity and negligence, the life of our beautiful flower was cut short.”
