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| Detectives detain 18-year-old Egyptian man after apparently random attacks on three people in Dundalk | |
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| Irish detectives investigating the murder of a Japanese man during a series of random attacks in Dundalk, County Louth, have said terrorism is one line of inquiry. | Irish detectives investigating the murder of a Japanese man during a series of random attacks in Dundalk, County Louth, have said terrorism is one line of inquiry. |
| An 18-year-old Egyptian man has been arrested on suspicion of the fatal stabbing and the subsequent assaults on two local men, one with a knife and one with a fence pole. | An 18-year-old Egyptian man has been arrested on suspicion of the fatal stabbing and the subsequent assaults on two local men, one with a knife and one with a fence pole. |
| Gardaí have not established a definite motive for the violence in the Avenue Road area at around 9am on Wednesday, but Ch Supt Christy Mangan said a potential terrorism link was being investigated. | Gardaí have not established a definite motive for the violence in the Avenue Road area at around 9am on Wednesday, but Ch Supt Christy Mangan said a potential terrorism link was being investigated. |
| “It is certainly a line that we would look at,” he said. “We will endeavour to establish the suspect’s background, who they are and where they have come from and why are they here. | “It is certainly a line that we would look at,” he said. “We will endeavour to establish the suspect’s background, who they are and where they have come from and why are they here. |
| “Those are the very important questions we are endeavouring to ask and answer. And 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.” | “Those are the very important questions we are endeavouring to ask and answer. And 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 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 and the victims had been selected at random. | Mangan said he believed the perpetrator had been on foot and the victims had been selected at random. |
| “There is nothing to suggest whatsoever that any of these people involved in the attack and the subsequent assaults were known to each other,” he said. “It would certainly appear to be random and unprovoked.” | “There is nothing to suggest whatsoever that any of these people involved in the attack and the subsequent assaults were known to each other,” he said. “It would certainly appear to be random and unprovoked.” |
| Neither of the Irish victims sustained serious injuries and gardaí were trying to contact the dead man’s relatives. | Neither of the Irish victims sustained serious injuries and 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 and the next thing they get attacked and killed in a foreign country.” | “It is going to be very, very hard for the family,” he said. “They have someone over here working and the next thing they get attacked and killed in a foreign country.” |
| He said the investigation would have an international dimension and gardaí would be liaising with the authorities in Egypt. The suspect was being held at Dundalk garda station. | He said the investigation would have an international dimension and gardaí would be liaising with the authorities in Egypt. The suspect was being held at Dundalk garda station. |
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