"Far-right" groups attack Dublin Police during multiple stabbing operation

The stabbing of four people this Thursday in Dublin, three of them minors, has caused riots in the city, in which “thugs” from the “extreme right” have taken advantage of this incident to attack the Irish Police (Garda), according to sources of the order.

The head of the Garda, Drew Harris, explained that a number of officers have been attacked with fireworks, bottles and other objects in the area where a man stabbed a woman and three minors this Thursday, one of whom was a girl. five years old, is in serious condition.

The police leader described these protests as “shameful” and assured that they are driven by “a faction of hooligans” with “extreme right-wing ideology.”

Harris asked citizens to ignore “the rumors” circulating on social networks 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 that occurred in the center of Dublin “is not related to terrorism” and that it could be an “isolated” incident.

The attack

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 this Thursday 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.”