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Case No. 7194Assault · Co. Dublin · 2 Nov 2023

Man and woman arrested after knife attacks in Dublin city centre

On the afternoon of Thursday 2 November 2023, two consecutive knife attacks in Dublin city centre left three people with injuries understood to be slash wounds. A man and a woman were assaulted by two suspects at Wolfe Tone Square, and a woman was injured at Moore Lane, and all three were taken to the Mater Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. A man and a woman were arrested in connection with both incidents, with the two suspects arrested nearby, and a weapon was recovered. The arrested pair were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a city centre Garda station, and investigations are ongoing.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested2 Nov
    2 reports
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Three people were injured in two incidents, a man and a woman at Wolfe Tone Square and a woman at Moore Lane.
  • At Wolfe Tone Square, the man and woman were assaulted by two suspects.
  • The victims were understood to have suffered slash wounds.
Where
The attacks took place in Dublin city centre, at Wolfe Tone Square and Moore Lane.
When
The attacks took place on the afternoon of Thursday 2 November 2023.
Cause
The incidents were reported as two consecutive knife attacks.
Weapon
A weapon was recovered.
Other details
The injured people were taken to the Mater Hospital with serious injuries that are non-life-threatening.
Investigation
  • A man and a woman were arrested in connection with both incidents.
  • The two suspects were arrested nearby.
  • The arrested man and woman were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a city centre Garda station.
  • Investigations are ongoing.
18 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA male and a female were injured by two suspects at Wolfe Tone Square. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whatA woman was injured at Moore Lane. (dublinlive.ie, irishmirror.ie)
  • whatA man and a woman were assaulted by two suspects at Wolfe Tone Square. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe victims were understood to have slash wounds. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereThe incidents took place at Wolfe Tone Square and Moore Lane in Dublin city centre. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whereThe attacks took place in Dublin city centre, at Wolfe Tone Square and Moore Lane. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe two incidents took place on the afternoon of Thursday 2 November 2023. (dublinlive.ie)
  • whenThe attacks happened on the afternoon of Thursday 2 November 2023. (irishmirror.ie)
  • causeThe incidents were two knife attacks. (irishmirror.ie)
  • weaponA weapon was recovered. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe arrested man and woman were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. (dublinlive.ie)
  • investigationInvestigations are ongoing. (dublinlive.ie, irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationA man and a woman were arrested in connection with both incidents. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe two suspects were arrested nearby. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe arrested pair were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a city centre Garda station. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe injured people were taken to the Mater Hospital with serious injuries that are non-life threatening. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherA man and a woman were arrested in relation to both incidents. (dublinlive.ie)
  • otherThe injured people were taken to the Mater Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 3 Nov2023
    Arrestedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Man and woman arrested following Dublin knife attacks that hospitalised three

    Reports the arrest of a man and a woman over two consecutive knife attacks in Dublin city centre and the recovery of a weapon. An unrelated arrest of a man in his late 50s at the GPO is mentioned but not included.

    victim, malevictim, femalevictim, femalesuspect, malesuspect, female
  2. 2 Nov2023
    Arresteddublinlive.ie, follow-up
    3 hospitalised and couple arrested after consecutive city centre horror attacks

    Gives the garda statement on the two incidents, the injured people's sex, the arrests under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, and that investigations are ongoing.

    victim, malevictim, femalevictim, femalesuspect, malesuspect, female