“Whatever their nationality”they are now “Irish hero” : Dublin saluted on Friday November 24 the people, including a Brazilian deliveryman and a French high school student, who overpowered the author of a knife attack near a school in the Irish capital. “This is a horrific act of violence”, reacted Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar about the attack on Thursday, in which five people were injured. A 5-year-old girl and a teacher are in critical condition, according to police.
The Prime Minister welcomed “all those who risked their lives to save lives” and denounced the rioters who sowed chaos Thursday evening in the center of Dublin, in a neighborhood where there is a particularly immigrant population. The authorities accused those responsible for these riots of being close to the extreme right. After the attack, rumors spread on social networks about the origins of its perpetrator, who according to Irish Times a man naturalized Irish after living in the country for twenty years.
Deputy Prime Minister Micheal Martin paid tribute to the Brazilian citizen involved. “First of all, the person who intervened was a Brazilian delivery man. It’s part of the story. We must not forget it », did he declare. This Brazilian, Caio Benicio, explained to the British agency Press Association that he was on his motorbike when he saw what he thought was a fight. He saw a man grab a little girl and attack her with a knife. “When I saw the knife, I stopped my motorbike and then I acted on instinct”, said this father of two children. He took off his helmet and punched the attacker ” with all of his strenght “. Thursday night’s riots were “against immigrants”And “this makes no sense to me because I am an immigrant myself and I was the one who helped”said Mr. Benicio, who has lived in Ireland for about twenty years.
The young Frenchman congratulated by Emmanuel Macron
A young Frenchman, Alan, also intervened to subdue the attacker. He is a student from a hotel school in the Ardennes, on an internship in a restaurant in Dublin since last month. French President Emmanuel Macron called him “to congratulate him and thank him for this act of bravery which saved lives and which makes us all proud”, according to the Elysée. The restaurant where he works also paid him a nice tribute on Instagram. The 17 year old teenager “was one of the brave heroes who managed to disarm the schoolboy attacker yesterday in Dublin on his way to work”he wrote with Alan’s photo.
“He noticed that something was happening as he passed by and threw himself at the attacker to stop him and managed to snatch his knife”, says the establishment. Alan suffered injuries to his hand and face. “Without this act of bravery, who knows what might have happened? », asks the restaurant. At the conclusion of this publication, the establishment dares to add a little touch of humor: “Not all superheroes wear capes. »