The detonation of a small-to-medium sized pipe bomb near an unpopulated construction site outside of Jerusalem on the morning of April 20 is widely suspected to be the work of anti-gay Ultra-Orthodox Jews opposed to the right of the city's LGBT community to hold its annual Pride March.
"This attack was a direct response to our request for a permit from the police for our June 21 march," Noa Sattah, executive director of the Jerusalem Open House, the city's LGBT community center, told Gay City News just hours after the attack.
The bomb, which caused slight injuries to a tractor operator near the construction site, had been placed in the general vicinity of Beit Jamal Monastery, established by the Roman Catholic Silesian order in 1919, but both the Open House and Jerusalem police believe that the detonation was intended to send a message to the LGBT community. Flyers denouncing the planned Pride Parade were found at the site of the bombing.
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