Far-right violence erupts in Dublin following school knife attack | Protests News

Violent clashes broke out in central Dublin on Thursday night, with autos torched and riot police attacked by a far-right mob following a knife assault at a college within the Irish metropolis.

A five-year-old woman was significantly injured within the assault earlier within the day. A lady and two different younger kids have been additionally hospitalised.

Superintendent Liam Geraghty mentioned at a media briefing that preliminary indications are {that a} man attacked various individuals on Parnell Sq. East.

He mentioned that police imagine that it was “a standalone incident, not essentially linked to any wider points which can be ongoing within the nation or within the metropolis, and we have to determine the precise causes for that taking place”.

Irish police mentioned the woman was receiving emergency medical remedy in a Dublin hospital. Quickly after that announcement, at the least 100 individuals took to the streets, some armed with steel bars and protecting their faces.

Police mentioned greater than 400 officers have been deployed in Dublin metropolis centre to include the unrest. A police cordon was additionally arrange across the Irish parliament constructing, Leinster Home, and officers from the Mounted Assist Unit have been in close by Grafton Avenue.

There have been clashes with riot police as some demonstrators let off flares and fireworks, whereas others grabbed chairs and stools from exterior bars and eating places.

Various police autos and a tram have been broken through the dysfunction, whereas a bus and automotive have been additionally set on fireplace on the town’s O’Connell Bridge.

Police and politicians referred to as for calm and warned towards misinformation over the assault earlier within the day.

The police mentioned far-right agitators had began the violence after a small group of anti-immigrant protesters arrived on the scene of the stabbing assault and clashed with police.