Protests broke out in central Dublin on Thursday evening after Irish police said a 5-year-old girl was receiving emergency medical treatment following an attack that involved a knife. A woman and two other children were injured.
Protesters on Thursday fought running battles with police, torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin, after three young children were injured in a knife attack outside a school.
Three children were among those stabbed at Parnell Square in what police called "a serious incident." As "misinformation" swirls, far-right protesters have now torched buses and cars while attacking police.
Riots erupted in Dublin, Ireland Thursday evening following a knife attack outside a school in which five people -- including three children -- were injured and hospitalized.
Police said over 400 officers including many in riot gear, were deployed in Dublin city center to contain the unrest, which they said was 'caused by a small group of thugs.'
Violence engulfed central Dublin after three children and a woman were stabbed near a school, prompting rioters to clash with the police and set cars and shops on fire.
Police blamed far-right agitators for starting the violence after a small group of anti-immigrant protesters arrived at the scene of the stabbing attack and clashed with police.
Protesters in Dublin on Thursday torched a car and fought police, an AFP journalist reported, after three children were injured in a suspected school stabbing that social media rumours attributed to a foreign national.
Police said over 400 officers including many in riot gear, were deployed in Dublin city center to contain the unrest, which they said was “caused by a small group of thugs.”
Violent clashes broke out in Dublin on Thursday evening after a 5-year-old girl was seriously injured in a knife attack earlier in the day that also saw a woman and two other children hospitalized.
By Niamh Kennedy, Amy Cassidy and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Violent clashes broke out between police and “far-right” protesters in the central part of Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday after a knife attack in the capital city earlier in the day left three children and two adults injured.
By Amy Cassidy and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Violent clashes broke out between police and protesters in the central part of Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday after a knife attack in the capital city earlier in the day left three children and two adults injured.
Violent clashes broke out in the central part of Dublin, Ireland on Thursday after a knife attack in the capital city left three children and two adults injured.
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