A 30-year-old Algerian migrant has been charged in relation to a stabbing attack on another man on Dublin Grafton Street on the morning of Sunday August 20th.
Mohamed Akrouf, currently living at Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6, was refused bail by Judge Michele Finan at Dublin District Court after he was charged with assault causing harm to a named man, also in his 30s and was also served a related charge for possessing a knife as a weapon.
Bail was denied after objections form Garda Martin O’Rourke feared he could apply for an Algerian passport without gardai knowing, and a flight could be booked on his behalf from outside the State the Irish Mirror reported.
Akrouf came to Ireland in November and has been living at the expense of the Irish taxpayer since.
This latest alleged violent assault by an Algerian national comes just weeks after another Algerian man, living in asylum seeker accommodation in Dundalk, Lokman Benharkou (29), allegedly carried out a an “extremely violent” attack on two women in the Co. Louth town as well as stomping on the head of another young man who tried to interene.
Despite the viciousness of the alleged assault and objections from Gardai, Benharkou, who claimed asylum in Ireland after living the past 11 years in the UK, was released back onto Irish street on bail.
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