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<\/p>\nThe 73-year-old woman was just one of a number of people who were assaulted during the course of the terrifying incident on the capital\u2019s southside on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
It can be revealed that the suspect was attempting to stab people and was threatening anyone who he came across at Kimmage Road Lower at around 4pm.<\/p>\n
Among his targets was a young woman who was pushing a baby in a pram, who it is alleged the man attempted to stab in the hand as she walked in the Harold\u2019s Cross area.<\/p>\n
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While this woman did not require hospital treatment, a male jogger suffered a facial injury after he was swiped in the face with a small blade when he was attacked by the suspect.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed tonight could not confirm what type of weapon was used and it is understood that the implement has not yet been recovered.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmong the people that this individual targeted was a 73-year-old woman who was walking near a church when he grabbed her,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, while this exchange was happening, a very elderly priest came to her rescue and further harm to her was thankfully prevented but she was later brought to hospital,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n
It is understood the priest was coming out of the church when he saw the commotion and bravely intervened.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who was passing by was threatened by this individual,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed were notified and rushed to the scene where the suspect was arrested.<\/p>\n
The suspect is understood to be suffering from significant health issues.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses to the bizarre events which unfolded in broad daylight.<\/p>\n
A spokesman said in a statement: \u201cGarda\u00ed were alerted to an incident on Kimmage Road Lower, Dublin 12, shortly after 4pm on Tuesday, 1st October 2025, following reports that a number of individuals had been approached and assaulted by a lone male on foot.<\/p>\n
\u201cGarda\u00ed responded and arrested a man in his late 20s at the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo of the individuals assaulted \u2014a woman in her 70s and a man in his 30s\u2014were taken from the scene to hospital for assessment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe arrested man is currently in Garda custody. Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact Crumlin Garda Station on (01) 666 6200 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 73-year-old woman was just one of a number of people who were assaulted during the course of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,898,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-55999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-latest-news-ticker","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55999","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=55999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}