2023-11-23 23:02:56
He stabbing of four people this Thursday in Dublinthree of them minors, has caused riots in the city, in which “thugs” from “extreme right“They have taken advantage of this incident to attack the Irish Police (Garda), according to law enforcement sources.
The head of the Garda, Drew Harris, explained that a number of officers have been attacked with fireworks, bottles and other objects andn the area where a man stabbed a woman and three minors today, one of whom, A five-year-old girl is in serious condition..
The police leader described these protests as “shameful” and assured that they are driven by “a faction of hooligans” from “far-right ideology.”
Harris asked citizens to ignore “the rumors” circulating on social media about the identity of the attacker, since they are “malicious information” disseminated by groups “for their own purposes.”
The Garda reported this Thursday that the knife attack occurred in the center of Dublin ““It is not related to terrorism.” and that it could be an “isolated” event.
In an appearance before the media, Garda Superintendent Liam Geraghty indicated that the investigation is now trying to establish the reasons why a man in his 50s, arrested at the same place as the attack, stabbed the woman today, the three minors and he also injured himself with a knife.
The police official explained that the suspect attacked a number of people shortly after 1:30 p.m. GMT today in a busy area in the north of the capital and close to a daycare center.
Among the injured are a five-year-old girl who is in “serious condition” and a woman in her 30s, a school worker, who is receiving treatment for “serious injuries”, while the other two minors are out of danger.
According to Geraghty, the alleged aggressor, whose identity has not been revealed, is also hospitalized with stab wounds and is being interrogated to clarify the reasons for the attack, for which he urged citizens to remain calm and “avoid premature trials.”
In statements to the Irish public broadcaster RTE, Siobhan Kearney, a witness to the event, explained how she tried to help, with the assistance of another citizen, in a situation she described as “absolute chaos.”
“I looked to the other side of the street and saw the man and the stabbing gestures in front of many children, so I crossed the road. The man had just stabbed two children,” said the witness.
Kearney noted that several people “tried to attack the suspect” and that she and another “American lady” formed a circle “around the man.”
“Three minutes later,” he added, “the ambulance arrived to take the children and then another ambulance and firefighters to deal with the man on the ground.”
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The attack area has been cordoned off to facilitate forensic examinations.
The Garda have indicated that they “have a definite line of inquiry” underway and are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.
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