Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the Gardai will fight back against “waves of ignorance and criminality.”
“Those involved have brought shame on Dublin, brought shame on Ireland and brought shame on their families and themselves,” Varadkar said. “This is not who we are. This is not who we want to be, and this is not who we will ever be.”
The riots on Thursday took place after the woman in her 30s and three small children were stabbed on Thursday afternoon around 2pm.
Within hours a large crowd had gathered at the crime scene and tried to break into the cordoned-off area, with the situation escalating from 5pm onwards.
An Algerian migrant aged in his 50s who reportedly carried out the attack remains in hospital.
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