On Thursday evening, in Dublin, riots broke out after at least one hundred individuals took to the streets and clashed with police in response to a knife attack at a school that injured three young children.
A man in his fifties, who was detained as a “person of interest” and suffered injuries, allegedly assaulted multiple individuals on Thursday at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time in the vicinity of Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, an educational institution situated at Parnell Square East in the northern region of Dublin city center.
Reportedly, a five-year-old girl is presently undergoing critical medical treatment in a hospital as an emergency patient.
Additionally, a woman in her 30s was admitted to the hospital. Two additional children, a girl, 6, and a boy, 5, were treated for less severe injuries.
The BBC reported hours after the attack that demonstrations had broken out in an area near the school, with masses of people chanting anti-immigration slogans, torching police vehicles, looting local stores, and assaulting officers.
Some of the protesters were masked and armed with metal bars.
A total of 400 officers were dispatched to the location armed with riot shields and batons with the objective of managing the disorder.
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