Dublin riot sees clashes with police after five hurt in stabbings

BBC News:

Vehicles have been set on fire and shops looted in Dublin after a knife attack that left a number of people, including three children, injured.

A five-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were seriously hurt in the attack after 13:40 local time.

It happened on Parnell Square East in the city centre, outside the children’s school Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire.

A man in his 40s who was also seriously injured is a person of interest, police said.

They added that they were not looking for any other people at this time and are following a definite line of inquiry.

Sources have indicated to the BBC that the man suspected of carrying out the attack is an Irish citizen, who has lived in the country for 20 years.