Three young children were among five people injured in a Knife attack in Dublin on Thursday. The incident of assault sparked riots in the city centre. As per reports, police have not yet ruled out any motive, including whether it could be terror-related.
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00:00 Three children were among five people injured in a knife attack in Dublin on Thursday.
00:11 The incident of assault sparked riots in the city centre.
00:14 As per reports, police have not yet ruled out any motive, including whether it could
00:18 be terror-related.
00:19 Public transport was suspended and patients were advised not to travel to a nearby maternity
00:25 hospital unless absolutely necessary after clashes between riot police and anti-immigrant
00:30 protesters who arrived at the scene of the attack, beside the main thoroughfare of O'Connell
00:35 Street.
00:36 A double-decker bus was burned to the ground in front of the Daniel O'Connell statue at
00:40 the head of the street and windows were smashed at a nearby Holiday Inn hotel and McDonald's
00:44 restaurant.
00:45 A Foot Locker store was looted.
00:48 As per reports, such rioting is almost unprecedented in Dublin.
00:52 Reports said that there are no far-right parties or politicians elected to Parliament but small
00:56 anti-immigrant protests have grown in the last year.
01:00 The government is reviewing security around Parliament after a recent protest trapped
01:04 lawmakers inside.
01:07 Police Commissioner Drew Harris said that all lines of inquiry related to the attack
01:10 remained open, contradicting a senior officer, who had earlier told reporters that police
01:15 were satisfied the incident was not terror-related.
01:19 A five-year-old girl was receiving emergency treatment after sustaining serious injuries
01:23 in the stabbing.
01:24 A man in his late 40s, also being treated for serious injuries, was arrested by police
01:29 who said that they were not looking for any other suspect.
01:32 Police said that it appeared the man attacked a number of people in Dublin's Parnell Square.
01:37 Members of the public intervened at an early stage of the attack.
01:41 A woman in her 30s was also being treated for serious injuries while the other two children,
01:45 a five-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl, suffered less serious injuries.
01:50 The boy has been discharged from hospital.
01:53 According to reports, the scene was still sealed off when a group of around 50 anti-immigrant
01:58 protesters briefly broke through a police barrier.
02:01 Some shouted phrases like "get them out" and one kicked the wing mirror of a police car.
02:06 Another was draped in an Irish flag.
02:08 A larger crowd then began throwing objects and firing fireworks at a riot police in helmets
02:13 and shields once they were deployed, and the rioting spiralled out of control.
02:18 After that, the crowds began to disperse at around 9pm GMT.
02:27 Police would not comment on the nationality of the detained man.
02:30 Net migration among Ireland's 5.3 million population rose to its second-highest level
02:36 since records began in the 12 months of April and around 100,000 Ukrainian refugees have
02:41 arrived since Russia's invasion, among the highest per capita in the EU.
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