Israel teen stabbed at gay pride march dies

Doctors say a teenage girl who was stabbed at a Gay Pride march in Jerusalem has died from her wounds.

Shira Banki, 16, was one of six people attacked at the event on Thursday. The attacker, Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, had carried out a similar attack in 2005, and he was arrested at the scene.

The BBC reports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that Israel's government would have "zero tolerance" for Jewish extremists, at a security cabinet meeting on Sunday. His comments also followed a separate attack in which an 18 month old Palestinian child was killed when his West Bank home was firebombed by suspected Jewish settlers.

The cabinet subsequently approved new measures to tackle ultra-nationalist violence against Palestinians, including detention without trial of Israelis. The policy of detention without trial has long been used against Palestinians, but observers believe it has rarely been used against Israelis.

No arrests have been made so far over the West Bank attack.

The BBC adds that hours after Shira Banki died, a vigil was held for her near the place she was stabbed. Hundreds of people attended, among them school friends, teachers, members of the gay community and supporters.

Dramatic images of Thursday's attack in Jerusalem showed the suspect reaching inside his coat and raising a knife above his head before beginning to stab marchers while screaming, before being tackled by a police officer.