The country mourns three young children killed after disturbing and violent incident in a house in Tallaght – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

The country mourns three young children killed after disturbing and violent incident in a house in Tallaght




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Tributes have poured in on social media from around the country for three young children killed in a violent and disturbing attack in Tallaght on Sunday morning.

The victims of the evil act have been named as 18-yr-old Lisa Cash and twins Christy and Chelsea Cawley, both aged 8.

Gardai arrived to a house in Rossfield Estate around 12:30am. A teenage male was rushed to hospital with severe but non life threatening injuries. It’s understood that he jumped from a window to get away from the attacker and raise the alarm.

The mother of the children was taken to hospital for treatment. It’s understood she has no physical injuries.

Gardai arrested a man in his 20s at the house in relation to the incident. He’s currently being detained at Tallaght Garda station where he’s being questioned in an incident room.

Gardai say that they’re not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident. When they arrived at the scene, they found three bodies lying on the garden in front of the house after having been thrown out of the top window.

It’s understood all the people involved knew each other very well.

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