Violence that erupted in Dublin after three children were injured in a knife attack was of a level not seen for decades, Ireland’s police commissioner said on Friday.
“What we saw last night was an extraordinary outbreak of violence,” Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said. “These are scenes that we have not seen in decades.”
Protesters sort through looted goods in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets in protest following the stabbings earlier in the day. (Photo by Peter MURPHY / AFP)Flames rise from a car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O’Connell Bridge, in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets in protest following the stabbings earlier in the day. (Photo by Peter MURPHY / AFP)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. (Photo by Peter MURPHY / AFP)Flames rise from a car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O’Connell Bridge, in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets in protest following the stabbings earlier in the day. (Photo by Peter MURPHY / AFP)
