{"id":417896,"date":"2026-04-26T04:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/417896\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T04:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:04:10","slug":"man-27-charged-after-knife-stand-off-at-dublin-shop-denied-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/417896\/","title":{"rendered":"Man (27) charged after knife stand-off at Dublin shop denied bail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 27-year-old man was arrested for carrying a flick-knife after a stand-off with armed garda\u00ed at a Dublin shop and a confrontation amid claims of a stabbing.<\/p>\n

Afghan national Nasim Sulemankhil, who is of no fixed address, appeared at Dublin District Court charged with unlawful possession of a knife described as being capable of inflicting serious injury or incapacitating a person, on Cathal Brugha Street on April 24th.<\/p>\n

Footage of the incident was uploaded to social media.<\/p>\n

Bail was denied when he appeared before Judge Michele Finan at Dublin District Court on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Citing the seriousness of the incident, Store Street Garda Eoin Hart told a contested bail hearing that Sulemankhil’s reply to caution was “I don’t do anything, they attacked me”.<\/p>\n

When charged with the weapons, he told garda\u00ed: “I was beaten by the knife, it is on CCTV [sic]”.<\/p>\n

He listened to the proceedings with the aid of a Pashto interpreter<\/p>\n

The court heard that the incident occurred at approximately 12:50 pm at a Centra shop, where garda\u00ed were alerted by members of the public who made reports about a knife attack.<\/p>\n

The court was told that a large crowd had gathered, while a Garda armed support unit was on the scene.<\/p>\n

It was stated to garda\u00ed that the accused had stabbed or attempted to stab a person before being chased to the doorway of the shop.<\/p>\n

Some members of the public intervened by attacking him with umbrellas and throwing objects at him, the court heard.<\/p>\n

However, defence counsel Kevin McCrave told garda\u00ed that his client maintained he was being chased and that he had tried to defend himself.<\/p>\n

Garda Hart said enquiries were ongoing in relation to the stabbing claims, and garda\u00ed have yet to establish if anyone was attacked with the knife beforehand.<\/p>\n

The court heard that the man subsequently dropped the knife and was taken into custody. Garda Hart stressed that the accused was unable to provide an address.<\/p>\n

The defence barrister said his client had lived in Ireland for three years and had family living in the city centre, who had come to the hearing to offer him a place to stay.<\/p>\n

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Counsel told the garda his client would abide by strict conditions. He said the accused’s mother had died recently, and he had been suffering from mental health issues.<\/p>\n

Judge Finan emphasised that the accused, who had a bandage on his head, enjoyed the presumption of innocence, but denied his bail.<\/p>\n

She acceded to a request from McCrave to direct that he receive a psychological assessment and interventions in custody.<\/p>\n

Legal aid was granted to Sulemankhil, who did not address the court. His next hearing is scheduled for Thursday at Cloverhill District Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 27-year-old man was arrested for carrying a flick-knife after a stand-off with armed garda\u00ed at a Dublin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-417896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}