INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LONDON: 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.Irish police said they weren't treating the case as terror-related, and that a man in his 50s,
weren't looking for anyone else in connection with the violence outside a school in the heart of Dublin soon after 1:30 p.m.In the early
evening, protesters fired flares and fireworks at the police cordon in Dublin around the scene of the incident
Police armed with shields fended off violent demonstrators attempting to kick and punch them
Many of those attacking the police had their faces covered.A number of police vehicles and a tram were damaged during the disorder in the
said at a media briefing that preliminary indications are that a man attacked a number of people on Parnell Square East.He said that police
attack, but he couldn't provide more details on the nature of the injuries
did intervene at a very, very early stage and we would applaud those members of the public for getting involved in such a traumatic and
potentially dangerous situation for themselves," Geraghty said.He said that the woman, who is in her 30s, suffered serious injuries, while
the two other children, a 5-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, sustained less serious injuries
The boy has been discharged from a hospital, he added.
