{"id":120761,"date":"2023-11-24T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T08:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120761"},"modified":"2023-11-24T08:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T08:19:13","slug":"jaw-dropping-moment-masked-yob-brazenly-sets-police-car-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/jaw-dropping-moment-masked-yob-brazenly-sets-police-car-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaw-dropping moment masked yob brazenly sets police car on fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the shocking moment a masked youth brazenly sets fire to a police car in Dublin, following the stabbing of three children and a woman in the city earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Riots broke out in the Irish capital with buses and trams torched and 400 police officers scrambled to attend the scene.<\/p>\n

Helen McEntee, the Irish justice minister branded the disorder “intolerable”, adding that the “thuggish and manipulative element must not be allowed to use an appalling tragedy to wreak havoc”.<\/p>\n

In the stunning clip, a male in a black hooded jacket and jeans – his face obscured – picked up a burning box in the street and carried it across the road to a Garda vehicle with one of its doors open.<\/p>\n

The male placed the flaming box inside the car and shut the door, to cheers from those in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n

The incident took place on\u00a0Parnell Street, in front of the The Gate Hotel.<\/p>\n

In a separate clip, a group of young set upon other Garda cars, before attempting to flip one of them over.<\/p>\n

Police were “satisfied there is no terrorist link” to the appalling violence committed outside the Irish language school in Parnell Square East.<\/p>\n

However, Drew Harris, Garda commissioner, said at a press conference yesterday evening: “I have never ruled out any possible motive for this attack \u2026 all lines of inquiry are open to determine the motive.”<\/p>\n

Mr Harris added that it was too early to ascribe a motive to the attacker: “An individual has been arrested, we\u2019re not seeking anyone else in respect of this incident itself at this moment in time but the investigation will obviously unfold.”<\/p>\n

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Following the incident, a man in his 50s was arrested by police and the authorities are not interested in speaking to anyone else.<\/p>\n

Mr Harris blamed the riotous scenes on a “complete lunatic faction driven by far-right ideology”.<\/p>\n

Ch Supt Patrick McMenamin revealed some officers had been assaulted in the wave of violence, however none were injured. Nor were members of the public hurt in the ugly scenes.<\/p>\n

He added that garda\u00ed remained on patrol in the city centre, also noting that “Dublin city centre is now calm and returning to normal.”<\/p>\n