Irish police officer injured in Dublin assault
An Irish police officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries following an unprovoked assault by a man in central Dublin on Tuesday, police said.
The Irish Times said the officer suffered multiple stab wounds to his side when he and a colleague responded to reports of a man armed with a large knife. A spokesperson for the police offered no further comment on the nature of the attack.
The officer was on routine high-visibility patrol on Capel Street, a short walk from Dublin's main thoroughfare of O'Connell Street, when he was attacked, police said in a statement. The man was arrested at the scene.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on social media platform X that he was appalled by the "shocking", unprovoked attack on an on-duty officer.
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