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04/09/2009
Arrest Over Stabbing Of Woman
A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident in Dublin where a women was left with severe wounds to her face.
Gardaí at Mountjoy investigating the assault on the woman in her 30s on St Anne’s Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, have this morning arrested a 39-year-old man in relation to the incident.
He is currently detained at Mountjoy Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
The woman was moved to hospital after the incident, which occurred while she was taking her young son to school in the morning.
The woman, was slashed in the face with a knife on Drumcondra Road at about 8.50am.
Gardaí said yesterday they are following a definite line of inquiry in the case and had carried out a number of searches for the suspect.
The woman is being treated in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital but her injuries are not life threatening.
Gardaí say a total of 1,030 blade offences have been perpetrated already in 2009, meaning more than 30 knife-related crimes are being committed every week, leading to 12 deaths and hundreds of serious injuries.
The Garda data also shows knife possession offences have risen from 75 in 2004 to 308 incidents in 2008, a 300% increase.
(DW/KMcA)
Gardaí at Mountjoy investigating the assault on the woman in her 30s on St Anne’s Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, have this morning arrested a 39-year-old man in relation to the incident.
He is currently detained at Mountjoy Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
The woman was moved to hospital after the incident, which occurred while she was taking her young son to school in the morning.
The woman, was slashed in the face with a knife on Drumcondra Road at about 8.50am.
Gardaí said yesterday they are following a definite line of inquiry in the case and had carried out a number of searches for the suspect.
The woman is being treated in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital but her injuries are not life threatening.
Gardaí say a total of 1,030 blade offences have been perpetrated already in 2009, meaning more than 30 knife-related crimes are being committed every week, leading to 12 deaths and hundreds of serious injuries.
The Garda data also shows knife possession offences have risen from 75 in 2004 to 308 incidents in 2008, a 300% increase.
(DW/KMcA)
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