Three children, a woman and a man have been injured to varying degrees of severity in a multiple stabbing next to a school in the center of Dublin. The perpetrator of the attack was subdued and disarmed by a group of pedestrians before being arrested by local police.
The motive for the attack is unknown at this time., which occurred at 1.30 in the afternoon at the door of the Choláiste Mhuire school, in Parnell Square East, coinciding with the departure of the 170 primary school students. Police described what happened as “a serious security incident” and temporarily cordoned off the area around the center.
“The children were leaving class and suddenly one of them fell to the ground, and then another, and another”a witness told the newspaper Irish Independent. “The aggressor then ran away, but many people jumped on him and managed to arrest him.”
A witness, Siobhan Kearney, told RTE how several of those who helped disarm the attacker went even further and They kicked him when he was on the ground: “An American lady and I formed a ring around him to prevent people from hitting him while the police arrived.”
A Garda spokeswoman later confirmed the arrest of the suspect and the admission to hospital of five people, two of them – a seven-year-old girl and a woman – seriously injured and two children and a man with lighter injuries. The police have not made public the motive of the attacker, who He is being questioned in custody.