Violent clashes break out in Dublin after knife attack

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00:00 Cities overseas protesters on Thursday fought running battles with police, torched vehicles

00:05 and looted shops in Dublin after three young children were injured in a knife attack outside

00:11 a school.

00:12 Police in riot gear stood guard on the streets in the Irish capital as crowds taunted them

00:17 with chants and set off fireworks.

00:19 Flames rose from a torched car and bus while crowds broke into stores and looted one of

00:24 the city's main shopping streets.

00:26 The unrest, the worst in Dublin in years, came after a five-year-old girl sustained

00:31 serious injuries in a suspected stabbing in Parnell Square, east north central Dublin.

00:37 Two other children and two adults, a woman and the suspected perpetrator, were taken

00:42 to the hospital after the incident.

00:44 Rumors on social media about the nationality of the assailant helped fuel unrest following

00:49 the attack.

00:51 Police chief Drew Harris blamed a complete lunatic faction driven by far-right ideologies

00:56 and warned against misinformation.

00:59 Justice Minister Helen McEntee said the scenes in the city centre, including attacks on police,

01:05 cannot and will not be tolerated and he vowed to take action.

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