The majority of the rioters were angry with the refugees. They accuse one of them of being the author of the stabbings in front of a school. The police quickly ruled out any terrorist motive and no official information was provided on the identity or nationality of the attacker who was arrested. “These people claim to be defending Irish nationals”, “they are endangering” the “most innocent and vulnerable”, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told the press on Friday November 24. “They are a shame to Dublin, a shame to Ireland, a shame to their families and themselves.”
“Many individuals are well known to our services, they have criminal records.”
Drew Harris, Director General of Dublin Police
The night of violence that followed left its mark on Police Director General Drew Harris. “These are scenes that we haven't seen in decades. What is clear is that people have been radicalized by looking at social networks and the internet,” he explains. “We literally have thousands of "hours of surveillance video to view (...) We are now entering a long investigation process to take them to court", explains the police officer.
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