Photos: Dublin wakes to looted stores, smouldering vehicles after night of riots

Stabbing of 3 young children sparked a night of rioting rarely seen before in the capital

Published: November 24, 2023 15:00 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor and with inputs from Reuters

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Dublin: Irish police guarded looted stores and firefighters cooled down smouldering vehicles in the heart of Dublin's city centre early on Friday after the stabbing of three young children sparked a night of rioting rarely seen before in the capital. Image Credit: AFP

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Police blamed far-right agitators for starting the violence after a small group of anti-immigrant protesters arrived at the scene of the stabbing attack beside the main thoroughfare of O'Connell Street and clashed with police. Image Credit: Reuters

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It took officers several hours to regain control after the crowd grew to around 200 to 300 people. A double decker bus, tram and police car were burned out, public transport shut down and people urged to stay away from large parts of the city. Image Credit: AFP

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"It was gratuitous thuggery," Chief Superintendent Patrick McMenamin said in a video statement on the social media platform X at 1130 GMT, declaring that calm had been restored. "Some of my colleagues were also attacked and assaulted. Image Credit: Reuters

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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. 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Thankfully there were no serious reports of injury." Dublin Fire Brigade said firefighters continued to damp down a smouldering tram on O'Connell Street on Friday morning and make the scene safe. Public transport resumed, but with restrictions in the area. Image Credit: Reuters

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Barricades were still up across some streets and police stood guard outside a Foot Locker store with broken windows that was looted during the riot. The front of a Holiday Inn hotel that was also targeted was boarded up. Image Credit: Reuters

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A five-year-old girl was receiving emergency treatment after sustaining serious injuries in the stabbing. A man in his late 40s, also being treated for serious injuries, was arrested by police who said they were not looking for any other suspect. Image Credit: Reuters

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A bus burns during a demonstration following a suspected stabbing. | Police said on Thursday that they have not ruled out any motive, including whether it could be terror-related. They would not comment on the nationality of the detained man. Image Credit: Reuters

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There are no far-right parties or politicians elected to parliament, but small anti-immigrant protests have grown in the last year. The government is reviewing security around parliament after a recent protest trapped lawmakers inside. Image Credit: Reuters

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