Premi Posted November 24, 2023 Report Share Posted November 24, 2023 ‘It Snowballed:’ How a Knife Attack in Dublin Led to a Riot The violence in Ireland’s capital on Thursday night was fueled by far-right agitators who spread rumors online about an attack on three children earlier that day. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/world/europe/dublin-riots-police.html Share full article By Isabella Kwai and Adam Satariano Reporting from London Nov. 24, 2023Updated 2:23 p.m. ET Soon after three children and a woman were wounded in a knife attack outside a Dublin school on Thursday, rumors about the perpetrator’s nationality began to proliferate online. The Garda Síochána, the Irish police force, did not reveal the background of the suspect, who was taken into custody after being tackled to the ground by bystanders. But unconfirmed reports that he was an Algerian migrant quickly began circulating in anti-immigration and far-right groups, according to researchers specializing in extremist movements online. Alongside those rumors: a call to gather in central Dublin, in what anti-immigrant voices framed as a stand against crime and in defense of Irish children. What started as online chatter ended with the worst unrest to hit Ireland in decades, as rioters clashed with the police, set vehicles alight and looted stores. Some demonstrators carried banners reading “Irish Lives Matter.” Others vandalized hotels and hostels thought to be housing migrants. Several police officers were hurt, one seriously, and 34 people were arrested, Drew Harris, the Gardai’s commissioner, told reporters on Friday. “We have not seen a public disorder situation like this before,” he said. A group of people had taken “a thimbleful of facts” and added “a bathful of assumptions — hateful assumptions,” he said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67516612 Dublin riot saw most riot police deployed in Irish state history Published 40 minutes ago Share Watch: Cars torched and shops looted in violent Dublin riots The most riot police in Irish history were deployed to deal with Thursday's street violence in Dublin, the country's justice minister has said. Helen McEntee praised the police response to a riot which began following a knife attack in the city. Three children and a school care assistant were stabbed outside a primary school several hours earlier. Sinn Féin - the largest opposition party - criticised the police response to the riot. While its leader Mary Lou McDonald backed individual gardaí (police), she called for the commissioner of the force to resign. Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar said about 500 people were involved in the disorder, adding that they had "brought shame" on Ireland and promising new laws within weeks to bring those involved to justice. Officers arrested 34 people after vehicles were set on fire and shops looted. A large police presence remains on Dublin's streets on Friday night Ireland's police chief Drew Harris blamed the rioting on a "lunatic, hooligan faction driven by a far-right ideology". Two of the five people injured in the stabbings outside a primary school, Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuir, on Parnell Square are critically ill. They include a five-year-old girl and a school care assistant who "used her body as a shield" in an attempt to protect children from the attacker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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