Breaking: At least 1 man dead after stabbing rampage in Dundalk

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 03-01-2018 12:11pm #1

GARDAI are investigating a string of stabbing attacks this morning that has left one man dead and two others injured.

The incidents took place in Dundalk, Co Louth. One man has died after he was attacked and stabbed on Avenue Road. He is understood to be of Asian descent. His age is as yet unknown. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is understood that two other men - both understood to be Irish - were subsequently injured in separate attacks.

Gardaí who were called to the scene confronted and disarmed the attacker.

He has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being detained at Dundalk Garda Station. He can be questioned for up to 24 hours. It is understood that the attacker is originally from Syria.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/one-man-killed-two-others-injured-in-series-of-stabbings-in-louth-36455136.html

Gardai are investigating whether this attack was planned, or was random in nature.

bloodless_coup · 03-01-2018 12:12pm

https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0103/930792-dundalk-death/

1 dead, 2 injured, 3 crime scenes, Middle Eastern suspect...

2smiggy · 03-01-2018 12:13pm

I thought they are all well qualified doctors etc coming over from Syria ?

Nesta99 · 03-01-2018 12:23pm

It would be best not to simply speculate on motives just yet. Nationality is incidental until more is known.

moonlighting_1 · 03-01-2018 12:24pm

it was only a matter of time before this happened.

Red_Wake · 03-01-2018 12:24pm

Pretty sure the attacker was just after leaving the cinema before he started his rampage.

bear1 · 03-01-2018 12:25pm

2smiggy wrote: »

I thought they are all well qualified doctors etc coming over from Syria ?

Before this descends into a muslim bashing thread, I see no relevance to your sarcastic post regarding the immigrants that have/are coming over.
It is understood he is from Syria but not confirmed.
And even if it is confirmed he is from Syria then what difference does it make?
Is it somewhat worse that a Syrian would murder someone than if it were a French/British/Irish national?
Murder is murder regardless of your nationality.

Nesta99 · 03-01-2018 12:26pm

Red_Wake wrote: »

Pretty sure the attacker was just after leaving the cinema before he started his rampage.

At 9am?

Cina · 03-01-2018 12:27pm

2smiggy wrote: »

I thought they are all well qualified doctors etc coming over from Syria ?

Someone is murdered and this is your response? Really?

wakka12 · 03-01-2018 12:27pm

I think by now after so many of these type of events turned out to be nothing but coincidence we should know not to speculate or imply anything until further information comes out.

The Backwards Man · 03-01-2018 12:27pm

bear1 wrote: »

Before this descends into a muslim bashing thread, I see no relevance to your sarcastic post regarding the immigrants that have/are coming over.
It is understood he is from Syria but not confirmed.
And even if it is confirmed he is from Syria then what difference does it make?
Is it somewhat worse that a Syrian would murder someone than if it were a French/British/Irish national?
Murder is murder regardless of your nationality.

Middle Eastern cowardly murderous bastards are infinitely worse than white European ones.

Halloween Jack · 03-01-2018 12:28pm

2smiggy wrote: »

I thought they are all well qualified doctors etc coming over from Syria ?

Anybody using a tragic event, where people have lost their lives, to score cheap political points needs to take a long hard look at themselves...

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 03-01-2018 12:28pm

Well every cloud has a silver lining. Innocent people dead and injured but at least we can make gloaty little posts!

Although I'd imagine some people are still actually rubbing one out in vindictive glee.

jacksie66 · 03-01-2018 12:29pm

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The Backwards Man · 03-01-2018 12:30pm

Nesta99 wrote: »

At 9am?

They're just struggling to hide their considerable glee at the needless loss of life, pay no notice.

Colonel Claptrap · 03-01-2018 12:30pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Middle Eastern cowardly murderous bastards are infinitely worse than white European ones.

Well that didn't take long

suicide_circus · 03-01-2018 12:30pm

Fernando Flat Silkworm wrote: »

Well every cloud has a silver lining. Innocent people dead and injured but at least we can make gloaty little posts!

Although I'd imagine some people are still actually rubbing one out in vindictive glee.

More people making this kind of post than the kind of post you're condemning

GLaDOS · 03-01-2018 12:31pm

Can we wait until we have concrete facts at least before losing the run of ourselves?

Jobs OXO · 03-01-2018 12:31pm

Why take the risk and let them in? They are obviously not compatible with social norms in the west and would be more at ease among their own kind.

BillyBobBS · 03-01-2018 12:35pm

R.I.P. to the victim.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 03-01-2018 12:35pm

suicide_circus wrote: »

More people making this kind of post than the kind of post you're condemning

And I wouldn't have had any cause to make the post if the OP, first response and several other posts weren't so cunty. Obviously people are going to respond to such low nastiness, and the fact they outnumber the low nasties is heartening at least.

Anyone got any actual updates or is this gone meta already?

wakka12 · 03-01-2018 12:35pm

Jobs OXO wrote: »

A lot of these folk seem deranged. Why take the risk and let them in? They are obviously not compatible with social norms in the west and would be more at ease among their own kind.

Irish people murder people too
How many syrians have we had murder anybody in ireland? This is the first Ive ever heard of

twinytwo · 03-01-2018 12:36pm

Jobs OXO wrote: »

A lot of these folk seem deranged. Why take the risk and let them in? They are obviously not compatible with social norms in the west and would be more at ease among their own kind.

Because Germany has said so ..thus must obey. To logically question automatically makes you racist/islamophobic etc etc

Jobs OXO · 03-01-2018 12:36pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Irish people murder people too
How many syrians have we had murder anybody in ireland? This is the first Ive ever heard of

One is too many

03-01-2018 12:36pm

wakka12 wrote: »

Irish people murder people too
How many syrians have we had murder anybody in ireland? This is the first Ive ever heard of

And how many Syrians do we have?

dav3 · 03-01-2018 12:37pm

Jobs OXO wrote: »

A lot of these folk seem deranged. Why take the risk and let them in? They are obviously not compatible with social norms in the west and would be more at ease among their own kind.

Quite similar to re-regs and people with multiple accounts trying to push an agenda on this forum, don't you think?

Nesta99 · 03-01-2018 12:38pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

They're just struggling to hide their considerable glee at the needless loss of life, pay no notice.

I still dont really get the eh meaning, relevence, attempted sarcasm, humour, whatever. I obviously dont pass that much attention to AH postings so!

Where it has happened would have been very busy at 9am, heavy and slow moving traffic. Would almost be at a stand still if schools were open. Plenty of people will have witnessed a horrible incident!!

major bill · 03-01-2018 12:38pm

Too early to speculate but RIP to the victim, it scares the ****e out of me that life can be taking so cheaply.

The Backwards Man · 03-01-2018 12:40pm

Nesta99 wrote: »

I still dont really get the eh meaning, relevence, attempted sarcasm, humour, whatever. I obviously dont pass that much attention to AH postings so!

Where it has happened would have been very busy at 9am, heavy and slow moving traffic. Would almost be at a stand still if schools were open. Plenty of people will have witnessed a horrible incident!!

It's a reference to the case of an Irish citizen who may or may not have been wrongly imprisoned in an Egyptian prison. Edgy stuff.

Fcuk all to do with this incident, but hey, they're brown and possibly Muslim.

RobertKK · 03-01-2018 12:53pm

Most Syrian people are fine people.

It doesn’t change the fact that even Interpol said that the migrant crisis was used by terrorists to gain access to Europe, and thousands of terrorists were believed to have arrived in that period of the crisis.

It does appear to be a terrorist attack in Dundalk. Some people will downplay it as to normalise it. Others will overplay it for others reasons.
It doesn’t change the fact 1 person is dead and more injured in an attack where it was said the man responsible who is from the Middle East was intent on stabbing as many people as possible.

Well done to the Gardai. Who did a professional and efficient job with disarming and arresting the culprit.

03-01-2018 12:55pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Most Syrian people are fine people.

It doesn’t change the fact that even Interpol said that the migrant crisis was used by terrorists to gain access to Europe, and thousands of terrorists were believed to have arrived in that period of the crisis.

It does appear to be a terrorist attack in Dundalk. Some people will downplay it as to normalise it. Others will overplay it for others reasons.
It doesn’t change the fact 1 person is dead and more injured in an attack where it was said the man responsible who is from the Middle East was intent on stabbing as many people as possible.

Well done to the Gardai. Who did a professional and efficient job with disarming and arresting the culprit.

If this had happened in London it would be getting more reactions on here.
Also if the 3 places being mentioned are where the stabbings happened then the Gardai were not very efficient in tracking him down.

Hammeron Frazier · 03-01-2018 12:56pm

Regardless of the attackers probable skin colour/ethnicity, regardless of his probable religion, and also since the details are yet to emerge, lets not jump to conclusions shall we?

However at first glance this does look like what has been happening all over Europe for the past couple of years, does it not?

Expect to hear more of the "sure Irish people stab other people too" line of thinking.

tomwaterford · 03-01-2018 12:57pm

Jobs OXO wrote: »

A lot of these folk seem deranged. Why take the risk and let them in? They are obviously not compatible with social norms in the west and would be more at ease among their own kind.

Maybe they shouldve just sent this lad to limerick?

RobertKK · 03-01-2018 1:02pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If this had happened in London it would be getting more reactions on here.
Also if the 3 places being mentioned are where the stabbings happened then the Gardai were not very efficient in tracking him down.

Well that is true, we have to wait and see what the response time is.
TV3 say the Gardai are investigating if it is terror related.

RobertKK · 03-01-2018 1:04pm

The dead man who was stabbed is believed to be a Japanese national.

triple nipple · 03-01-2018 1:04pm

Red_Wake wrote:

Pretty sure the attacker was just after leaving the cinema before he started his rampage.

Maybe he saw the new Star Wars

whiskeyman · 03-01-2018 1:05pm

moonlighting_1 wrote: »

it was only a matter of time before this happened.

Before what happened?
Unfortunately we're very used to knife crime in Ireland.
If you are referring to random stabbings, we've had them here before too...
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dublin-man-jailed-for-six-years-for-random-stab-attacks-30430304.html

RobertKK · 03-01-2018 1:07pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

Before what happened?
Unfortunately we're very used to knife crime in Ireland.
If you are referring to random stabbings, we've had them here before too...
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dublin-man-jailed-for-six-years-for-random-stab-attacks-30430304.html

The motivation for the stabbings is what deems it terrorism or not.

Pac1Man · 03-01-2018 1:09pm

For those upset about so-called agendas being pushed forward, hearing the usual cries for not speculating and jumping to conclusions is equally infuriating.

Imagine seeing strong evidence of potential problem and those around you put their hands over their eyes and fingers in their ears, awaiting for said problem to be confirmed before reacting.

The discussion of one extreme scenario should not be stifled by the alternative extreme viewpoint of another.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 03-01-2018 1:09pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If this had happened in London it would be getting more reactions on here.
Also if the 3 places being mentioned are where the stabbings happened then the Gardai were not very efficient in tracking him down.

There's not much detail to react to though, and I don't mean that as an attempt to downplay the tragedy or the likelihood of it being a terrorist attack, it's just that the gards are saying nathin.

One Japanese man dead, two other people injured, Syrian man in custody on suspicion of murder.

Briefing at 3pm and they can hold him for 24 hours, hopefully we'll know more then.

dieselbug · 03-01-2018 1:11pm

RobertKK wrote: »

The dead man who was stabbed is believed to be a Japanese national.

Yes I heard on early buttetins it was an Asian person and my first thought's were of triads or something like that which did happen some years back.

silverharp · 03-01-2018 1:14pm

dieselbug wrote: »

Yes I heard that on early bulletins and my first tought's were of triads or something like that which did happen some years back.

the Yakuza in Dundalk? sounds like more of a punishment than an assignment...

bloodless_coup · 03-01-2018 1:16pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Also if the 3 places being mentioned are where the stabbings happened then the Gardai were not very efficient in tracking him down.

What are you talking about, the 3 places could be (and I think are) less than 1 - 2 minutes from each other. How do you expect them to arrive at an incident quicker than that?

dundalkfc10 · 03-01-2018 1:18pm

doylefe wrote: »

What are you talking about, the 3 places could be (and I think are) less than 1 - 2 minutes from each other. How do you expect them to arrive at an incident quicker than that?

He was talking ****e!

The Gardai in Dundalk are afraid to enter some housing estates in town so Im surprised and happy they got this lunatic quick

03-01-2018 1:21pm

doylefe wrote: »

What are you talking about, the 3 places could be (and I think are) less than 1 - 2 minutes from each other. How do you expect them to arrive at an incident quicker than that?

The three scenes mentioned: https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/avenue+road/Seatown,+Dundalk,+Co.+Louth/@54.0004495,-6.4026321,15z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x4860cc2e2fd1f3b9:0x4a89321f1aa28a9f!2m2!1d-6.3884445!2d53.9948004!3m4!1m2!1d-6.3785854!2d53.9963248!3s0x4860cc25bdb9c137:0x3700b87720727b4d!1m5!1m1!1s0x4860cea1a49fa2fb:0x7e63acc3299d5835!2m2!1d-6.3960974!2d54.0058016!3e2

Good luck getting from the Avenue Road to Seatown via the bypass in 1-2 minutes.

ohnonotgmail · 03-01-2018 1:21pm

dieselbug wrote: »

Yes I heard that on early bulletins and my first tought's were of triads or something like that which did happen some years back.

triads are chinese not japanese

Nesta99 · 03-01-2018 1:29pm

doylefe wrote: »

What are you talking about, the 3 places could be (and I think are) less than 1 - 2 minutes from each other. How do you expect them to arrive at an incident quicker than that?

There is about a km of a walk between Seatown and the area of the Avenue Rd/Inner Relief Road where this happened. Even in a car at that time of the morning it could be a 10 minute drive.

dieselbug · 03-01-2018 1:33pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

triads are chinese not japanese

They didn't say Japanese just Asian.

Atoms for Peace · 03-01-2018 1:37pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

triads are chinese not japanese

So possibly some sort of power struggle between the triads and the Yakuza for control of the Dundalk underworld.

03-01-2018 1:37pm

If some middle eastern bloke came within 5 meters of me I would politely ask him to stop his approach. If he did not cease at this point he better have a really big knife and know how to use it.

Nesta99 · 03-01-2018 1:38pm

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

He was talking ****e!

The Gardai in Dundalk are afraid to enter some housing estates in town so Im surprised and happy they got this lunatic quick

Talk about hysteria! There is as much in this comment as any other in this thread. If you said 'dont bother' or they take their time on a call out then maybe!

Breaking: At least 1 man dead after stabbing rampage in Dundalk

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