Dublin, Ireland
Reuters
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Anti-immigrant protesters burned a police automobile and attacked officers close to a constructing housing asylum seekers in Dublin on Tuesday, the justice minister mentioned, a day after a person was arrested for an assault on a young girl close by.
The incident comes two years after anti-immigrant protesters triggered a significant riot in the middle of Dublin after the stabbing of three young kids.
The Irish Times, which revealed a video of a burning police van, reported that over 500 folks have been concerned in the protest exterior the constructing in West Dublin on Tuesday night.
Videos posted on X by Irish media retailers and anti-immigrant activists confirmed folks holding Irish flags and placards with anti-immigrant slogans. Protesters threw glass bottles and fireworks at police.
“The weaponising of a crime by people who wish to sow dissent in our society is not unexpected,” Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan mentioned in an announcement. “This is unacceptable and will result in a forceful response.”
Police on Tuesday mentioned a person in his 20s had been charged in the world following an alleged severe assault of a feminine juvenile.
The chief of the biggest opposition occasion Sinn Fein in parliament on Tuesday cited stories that the person had a deportation order issued in opposition to him in March this yr.
O’Callaghan mentioned he has requested probably the most senior official in his division for an in depth account of the administration of the asylum software in the case. Police didn’t reply to a request for remark.
While Ireland is sort of distinctive in Europe in having no far-right members of parliament, latest years have introduced a pointy rise in the profile of anti-immigrant teams with common rallies to demand curbs on immigration.