(Jerusalem, Israel) - Police arrested a 32-year-old ultra-Orthodox man who was planning to set off a homemade explosive devise to scare people away from attending Thursday's scheduled gay pride parade in Jerusalem, said Jerusalem Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby. The man, who was a resident of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She'arim, was arrested when Jerusalem police caught him with the device. A group of 500 ultra-Orthodox men, settlers and rightwing activists have also begun demonstrating against the parade at the entrance of Jerusalem. Earlier, protesters set fire to trash cans, disturbing traffic.
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