More than 30 arrested in Dublin in riots promoted by the extreme right after a multiple stabbing

More than 30 people have been arrested in the riots that broke out late Thursday in Dublin and that, promoted by far-right groups, responded to the multiple stabbing that left five people injured next to a school in the center of the Irish capital, among They three children.

The head of the Garda (Police), Drew Harris, has confirmed 30 arrests and has promised that he will make “many more arrests”, after a night of violence in which they have been looted 13 stores and have been destroyed three buses and a tram. The Police have focused a large part of the attacks, with eleven vehicles damaged and several officers injured, one of them in serious condition.

The authorities have pointed to the origin of these protests as far-right factions and have asked the population to stick to official information about Thursday’s attack, so as not to fall into hoaxes that can circulate on the Internet. For now there is no definitive version of the attack, although at first the Police pointed out that it did not appear to be a terrorist incident.

The first Minister, Leo Varadkar, has strongly condemned the riots, which it considers “a shame for Ireland”, and has estimated around 500 people who participated. “Being Irish is more than just saluting the flag and beating your chest,” said the president.

He also remembered the victims of the multiple stabbing: a five-year-old girl and an adult woman suffered serious injuries, as well as the alleged aggressor, a man who, according to initial investigations, acted alone.