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Catholic school’s teacher, students hospitalized after Dublin stabbing

Police officers work near the scene of a stabbing that left three children and their teacher injured in Dublin on Nov. 23, 2023. Dominican friars say they are praying for all involved after the stabbing incident at Cólaiste Mhuire (St. Mary's College), which is nearby the Dominican priory of St. Saviour's in Dublin. (OSV News photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)

DUBLIN (OSV News) — Dominican friars in Dublin say they are praying for all involved after an alleged stabbing incident at a nearby Catholic school in the bustling city center of Ireland’s capital. An eyewitness described to state broadcaster RTÉ a scene of terror after three children and their teacher, a woman in her 30s, were stabbed near the school Nov. 23. The attack occurred shortly after 1 p.m. near Parnell Square, just off the city’s main boulevard O’Connell Street. The three children, who were lining up in front of their crèche prior to the incident, have been taken to hospital. A five-year-old girl is in a critical condition at Temple Street Children’s Hospital. In total five people have been hospitalized, including a 50-year-old male suspect who is now in custody. Irish media reported that the police ruled out a terror motive. The Catholic school is an Irish language-speaking school called Cólaiste Mhuire, which means St. Mary’s College. It is just 1,300 feet from the nearby Dominican priory of St. Saviour’s. Dominican Father Conor McDonough, who is based at the priory which serves as the student house of formation for the Irish province of the Order of Preachers, told OSV News of the community’s shock and that “the whole community here are praying for all involved.”

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