After the massacre near the school, people set fire to the entrance to the hotel, as well as a police car and a bus. At the same time, the protesters chanted anti-migrant slogans.
Street protests and riots broke out in Dublin after a man attacked passers-by outside a school on Thursday, November 23, leaving five people, including children, stabbed, the BBC reported.
It was noted that a few hours after the attack, people took to the streets of the Irish capital. A crowd shouting anti-migrant slogans clashed with the police.
Protesters also set fire to a police vehicle and a bus.
According to the Express, the protesters also attacked the Holiday Inn Express hotel, which is likely to house the migrants.
The media reported that the man who attacked people with a knife in broad daylight was in jail; the authorities have not disclosed the personal details of this man, but local activists are sure that he is a foreigner.
Irish rioters set fire to a police car after reports of a mass stabbing in Dublin.
An Algerian man reportedly stabbed 3 small children and a woman near a school.
2 of them are still in critical condition https://t.co/a6v8XzAzaz
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) November 23, 2023
BREAK:
Irish rioters set fire to the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Dublin.
The government uses the hotel to house asylum seekers. pic.twitter.com/V1AG4KVcrK
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) November 23, 2023
We remind you that the incident with the knife attack took place on Thursday, around 13:40 local time, near one of the busiest streets in the city, O’Connell Street. There is an elementary school nearby.
A man, woman and three small children were injured in the attack. Two victims (a woman and a girl) were seriously injured.
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