The Liberal has learned that a gang of what is believed to be Roma gypsy youths are terrorising children in and around the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.
Witnesses told The Liberal that students from Coolmine Community School and other children have been robbed, harassed and violently assaulted both inside Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and in the immediate area outside the shopping complex by a known gang of Roma youths.
Security at the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre have informed members of the public, who have raised concerns about the gang, that they are well known, and Gardai have been called in relation them a number of times.
The Roma thugs generally target Irish children who are alone and have even attacked children with disabilities.
The Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, like shopping centres and indeed city centres across the country, has long been plagued with roving groups of thieving Roma gypsies but recently Roma youths have become more violent in their behaviour.
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