Three children among five in hospital after Dublin ‘stabbing’

DUBLIN: Five people, including three children, were taken to hospital on Thursday, Irish police said, after media reports of a stabbing outside a central Dublin school.

Police declared a major incident and threw up a cordon around Parnell Square in the Irish capital but do not suspect a terror motive. Irish media outlets reported the incident was suspected to be stabbing.

Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said a suspect had been arrested while the police said they were “following a definite line of inquiry”. “An Garda Siochana is not looking for any other person at this time,” the force said in a statement. It added: “Five casualties have been taken to various hospitals in the Dublin Region. “The casualties include an adult male, an adult female and three young children.