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In Dublin, violent clashes in the streets after a knife attack (Photo of the damage caused during the clashes in Dublin on November 23, 2023)
DUBLIN – Violent clashes attributed to the far right broke out this Thursday, November 23 in the evening in Dublin, Ireland, after a knife attack which left several people, including three children, injured in the middle of the day, in which the police ruled out any terrorist motive.
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Signs « Irish Lives Matter » (“Irish lives matter”) and Irish flags were brandished during these unprecedented incidents for several years, in which hundreds or even thousands of people took part, according to the same source.
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« Sow division »
They broke out in a neighborhood where there is an immigrant population, and against a backdrop of rumors about the origin of the alleged attacker, who the police simply indicated was a man in his fifties. years, who was hospitalized.
The police were targeted by projectiles from a crowd which was also hostile towards “mainstream media”. At around 10 p.m. (11 p.m. Paris time), police said the streets of Dublin city center were now “mostly calm”.
“We will not tolerate a few using appalling facts to sow division”Justice Minister Helen McEntee said in a statement, calling for ” calm “.
She further warned that attacks on police must be “condemned” and will be processed “with severity”.
“Rumors” et « insinuations »
A police official, Commissioner Drew Harris, spoke of a “faction of crazy hooligans driven by far-right ideology”. ” Facts “ occurred at the very beginning of the afternoon, where a woman and a little girl were seriously injured “are not yet clear”he underlined, deploring “rumors” et « insinuations » widespread “for malicious purposes”.
“Irish people are being attacked by this trash”launched an individual into the clashes, others in the crowd evoking the murder of a young teacher by a Slovak national who was recently sentenced to life in prison.
Faced with a housing crisis, the country has seen the development, under the influence of far-right figures, of an anti-immigration discourse according to which “Ireland is full”.
The terrorist trail ruled out for the moment
According to the first elements of the investigation, a man attacked several people around 1:30 p.m., said Liam Geraghty, head of the local police.
A suspect has been arrested, announced Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. According to the police, it concerns a man in his fifties, who was hospitalized.
The police are not looking ” nobody else “declared Liam Geraghty, stressing that the investigators ruled out in view of the first elements of the investigation any motive “terrorist”.
“This appears to be an isolated attack for which we must determine the reasons”he said, referring to the use of a knife. “But we are unable to provide additional information on the nature of the injuries”he added.
The events occurred near a school, according to Irish media. The five injured were taken to several hospitals in the Dublin area, police said.
Disarmed by a passerby
“We are all shocked by what happened in Parnell Square”declared the Irish Prime Minister in a statement, addressing “thoughts and prayers” to the victims and their families.
The injured were a woman, three young children and a man, who according to some media is the suspect. A five-year-old girl and the woman, aged around thirty, are ” seriously “ injured, according to police. A five-year-old boy has been released from the hospital, police said. “Without thinking, I crossed the street to help”, Siobhan Kearney, a witness to the scene, told Irish media RTE. According to his account, the attacker was disarmed in particular with the help of a young man. “Another man took the knife and put it aside” so that he could be handed over to the police, she said.
Mary Lou McDonald, the leader of Sinn Fein, the third political force in the Irish Parliament, said ” horrified “ by the facts, and indicated that she had spoken with the head of the establishment named Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, to whom she expressed her support for the educational community.
She further expressed her “solidarity” to the families of the victims and praised the rapid response of the police.
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