Three children stabbed, violence erupts in Dublin, vehicles and shops on fire

Nga Rosalba Bejdo
2023-11-24 12:12:00 | Bota

34 people have been arrested after an extraordinary night of violence in Dublin, which followed a knife attack in the city center that left at least four people injured. As Police Chief Dreë Harris announced, over 13 stores were damaged or looted, while a number of police vehicles and 3 buses were destroyed. 

One policeman was seriously injured during the clashes and many others received minor injuries. Authorities blamed the worst unrest in decades on what they called hooligan groups driven by far-right ideology.

Earlier, police said a 5-year-old girl is in a serious condition after the stabbing outside a school, where two other children, aged 5 and 6, and a woman believed to be in her 30s were also injured. to have been their teacher.

The suspected perpetrator was blocked and injured by passers-by and according to media reports, he may be an Algerian immigrant. The involvement of a potential immigrant sparked anger and violent unrest, with the crowd clashing with police, setting fire to vehicles, attacking and looting shops.

Masked demonstrators held placards reading Irish Lives Matter. The police said they do not rule out any possibility of the incident, from the terrorist act to the act of a person with mental disorders. (A2 Televizion)

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