Fiery But Peaceful: When Irish Eyes AREN’T Smiling Beege Welborn
Yesterday afternoon an absolutely horrific attack occurred in Dublin, Ireland’s city center.
Three little kiddoes and their teacher were standing by a creche in front of their Catholic school when a man appeared, and, out of the blue, began slashing at them.
A FIVE-YEAR-old girl who was seriously injured in a stabbing incident near a school in Dublin city centre yesterday afternoon is in a critical condition in hospital.
Gardaí said they are continuing to investigate all of the circumstances of the incident, which occurred near Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square shortly after 1.30pm yesterday afternoon.
In an update this morning, gardaí said the five-year-old girl remains in a critical condition in CHI Temple Street.
A six-year-old girl is still receiving treatment for less serious injuries at CHI Crumlin.
A five-year-old boy was discharged from CHI Crumlin yesterday evening.
A woman in her 30s, who is the children’s carer, remains in a serious condition in the Mater Hospital.
The man was disarmed by passers-by, and taken into custody quickly by the Gardaí, who’d arrived within minutes on scene.
It is eerily reminiscent of the ghastly attack on little children in the French park this past spring.
What made it all the more disquieting is that none of the news reports of the stabbing itself mentioned a name or description other than age. As the day progressed – nothing. Even the Gardaí press conference last evening was devoid of detail concerning the attacker.
He’s described as simply “a male.”
A male, a “man” on the ground.
Not one defining characteristic or status in any report.
Which I guess was clue enough besides pictures from the scene on social media, because all hell broke loose last night in Dublin. It’s suddenly alright to report he’s an “Algerian” man.
Irish police are questioning an Algerian man suspected of stabbing a woman and three children outside a school, in an attack that sparked a night of furious riots, looting and anti-immigrant protests in Dublin.
The Irish Times reported that the suspect is believed to be “a naturalized Irish citizen, who has lived here for 20 years.”
A woman and a five-year-old girl he allegedly stabbed are in a serious condition in hospital. A 43-year-old Brazilian Deliveroo driver, Caio Benicio, was widely praised for jumping off his moped and knocking the man over the head with his helmet. Other people rushed forward to grab the knife.
In a blatant attempt to take the spotlight off the perp, much is being made – as well it should be – of the actions of a brave moped meal delivery driver, who hopped off his bike and whapped the attacker a good one upside the head with his helmet. But they’re not so much celebrating his deeds as emphasizing, “LOOK! IMMIGRANTS GOOD!” which is, I’m afraid, falling on deaf and fed-up ears. Besides which I believe Ireland’s recent surge in immigrant population is not under scrutiny for being awash in Brazilians.
There’s particular umbrage in this instance considering who the “Algerian man” had targeted.
…The fact that a man attacked a school run through the Irish, or Gaelic, language helped fuel an outpouring of rage that saw anti-immigrant riots, lootings and arson in the hours that followed. Police struggled to contain the crowds, who attacked them on the street, and burned a hotel housing asylum seekers as well as a tram, a double decker bus and a police car.
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