Dundalk Random Attacks (Ireland)
Channel: Q&A News
Date: 2018-01-04

On Wednesday the 3rd of January 2018 at approximately 9am, An 18-year-old Egyptian man has been arrested on suspicion of the fatal stabbing & the subsequent assaults on two local men, one with a knife & one with a fence pole in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.

Gardaí say it would appear this morning’s attacks in Louth were random & unprovoked, they have confirmed one line of inquiry is that it was a terror attack.

A 24-year-old Japanese man was stabbed to death on Avenue Road in Dundalk, another man was also stabbed at Coes Road, while a third man was hit with a pole at Seatown Place.

An 18-year-old Egyptian has been arrested, & is being held at Dundalk Garda Station.

Gardai are unsure how long the suspect has been in Ireland.

The suspect had been stopped in Dundalk earlier this week & was asked about his status in the country.

Ch Supt Christy Mangan said "We will endeavour to establish the suspect’s background, who they are & where they have come from & why are they here.

“Those are the very important questions we are endeavouring to ask & answer. & as to why the attacks took place, why an innocent bystander going about their work would be attacked in the middle of Dundalk in the morning slightly before 9am.”

Mangan said the suspect had come into contact with gardaí on 1 January when inquiries were made about his immigration status. Officers believed the man was seeking asylum in the republic.

Mangan said he believed the perpetrator had been on foot & the victims had been selected at random. 

“There is nothing to suggest whatsoever that any of these people involved in the attack & the subsequent assaults were known to each other,” he said. “It would certainly appear to be random & unprovoked.”

Neither of the Irish victims sustained serious injuries & gardaí were trying to contact the dead man’s relatives.

“It is going to be very, very hard for the family,” he said. “They have someone over here working & the next thing they get attacked & killed in a foreign country.”

He said the investigation would have an international dimension & gardaí would be liaising with the authorities in Egypt. The suspect continues to be held at Dundalk garda station.

Source: https://www.todayfm.com/News/Man-Dies-After-Dundalk-Stabbing
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/03/irish-police-consider-possible-terror-link-to-of-japanese-man

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