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Five people including three children were injured today when a knifeman attacked a group of young people in Dublin before being overpowered, according to reports.
Early witness accounts suggest passersby intervened when the suspected assailant attacked the group outside a school, reports said.
Irish police confirmed five people had been injured, including three young children, following the 'major security' incident which occurred shortly after 1.30pm.
One of the children, a girl, and a woman sustained serious injuries in the incident on Parnell Square in the north inner-city of Dublin.
A man and the two other children sustained less serious injuries, the Garda said, which added it had been in contact with the parents of the injured children.
A suspect has been arrested after being treated at the scene for injuries. Police said they are following a 'definite line of inquiry' and that they were not looking for any other person at this time. A large knife has been seized from the scene, reports said.
The incident took place outside Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire, a school for primary-aged children. Police are working to establish a motive but do not suspect a terrorist motivation behind the attack, Irish national broadcaster RTE reported.
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Dublin Knife attacks
Five people including three children were injured today when a knifeman attacked a group of young people in Dublin before being overpowered, according to reports.
Early witness accounts suggest passersby intervened when the suspected assailant attacked the group outside a school, reports said.
Irish police confirmed five people had been injured, including three young children, following the 'major security' incident which occurred shortly after 1.30pm.
One of the children, a girl, and a woman sustained serious injuries in the incident on Parnell Square in the north inner-city of Dublin.
A man and the two other children sustained less serious injuries, the Garda said, which added it had been in contact with the parents of the injured children.
A suspect has been arrested after being treated at the scene for injuries. Police said they are following a 'definite line of inquiry' and that they were not looking for any other person at this time. A large knife has been seized from the scene, reports said.
The incident took place outside Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire, a school for primary-aged children. Police are working to establish a motive but do not suspect a terrorist motivation behind the attack, Irish national broadcaster RTE reported.
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Dublin Knife attacks
