Jerusalem Pride Parade held under tight security; see pics

The Jerusalem Pride Parade was organised by the LGBTQ community amid tight security. Thousands of people attended the event as a part of Pride Month celebrations in Israel. The participants were seen waving rainbow flags and chanting slogans on the roads. The Israeli police, who were deployed in large numbers, arrested three people suspected of threatening the event. Earlier, on many occasions, these kind of events were attacked by religious radicals in Jerusalem as it is a home to a large ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and other conservative religious groups. In 2015, a 16-year-old Shira Banki was stabbed to death and several others were wounded several others at the Jerusalem Pride Parade. The attack was widely condemned across Israel's political spectrum. Last week, a 21-year-old European citizen residing in Jerusalem on suspicion of sending threats to the organisers was apprehended by the police. “We will not allow the Pride Parade to take place in Jerusalem, the holy city. Shira Banki’s fate awaits you," read the threat sent to liberal Labor party lawmaker and longtime LGBTQ-rights supporter Gilad Kariv.