A total of 34 people have been arrested in Dublin after the riots last night caused by a mob, after four people, three of them minors, were stabbedThe Garda (Irish police) reported this Friday. The Garda Commissioner, Drew Harrissaid that a police officer was seriously injured and that “many other members were injured” by the acts of vandalism.

After Thursday’s stabbing, in which a 5-year-old girl is in serious condition, was followed late in the afternoon by a demonstration of anti-immigration groups in the surroundings of the scene of the incident, north of the capital. The Garda official indicated today that 13 stores suffered significant damage or were looted and 11 police vehicles were damaged during last night’s riots.

The violence began after yesterday’s attack outside a school in Parnell Square East, in the north of the city. Some Protesters, identified as “extreme right”, launched flares and fireworks and others threw chairs and stools looted from bars and restaurants. The protests They forced the closure of several streetswhile public bus, rail and tram services also suspended some routes.

The Irish President, Michael D. Higginsexpressed last night his concern for victims of “horrific” multiple stabbing, while praising police action during the riots. Of the four stabbed yesterday, in addition to the serious condition of a five-year-old girl, a woman in her 30s, a school worker, is receiving treatment for “serious injuries”, but the other two minors are out of danger.

The authorities have pointed to far-right factions as the origin of these protests and have asked the population to stick to official information about Thursday’s attack, so as not to fall into hoaxes that may circulate on the Internet. For now there is no definitive version of the attack, although at first the Police pointed out that it did not appear to be a terrorist incident.

The first Minister, Leo Varadkarhas strongly condemned the riots, which considers “a shame for Ireland”, and has estimated the number of people who participated at around 500. “Being Irish is more than just saluting the flag and beating your chest,” said the president. He also remembered the victims of the multiple stabbing: a five-year-old girl and an adult woman suffered serious injuries, as well as the alleged aggressor, a man who according to initial investigations acted alone.

“First It was an attack on innocent children.the second against society and the rule of law,” Varadkar said this Friday, according to public television RTE. Both the prime minister and the Police have mentioned the need to also review the actions of the security forces in the riots, to determine whether they could have acted better to prevent the escalation of violence.