Two men have been arrested by the police for their allegedly stabbing a Nigerian asylum seeker to d3ath in Dublin, Ireland.
34-year-old Quam Babatunde, an asylum seeker, was st*bbed to d3ath on South Anne Street, Dublin city centre in the early hours of Saturday, February 15, 2025.
One man was arrested by PSNI in Belfast shortly before boarding a ferry. He is currently detained at a police station in Northern Ireland.
Gardaí investigating the attack had contacted the PSNI as part of their investigation.
Another man aged in his 20s was arrested by Gardaí in Dublin following searches this morning and is detained at a station in the Dublin region.
The stabbing attack occurred after a music event in Dublin, where a small row between two groups of people is believed to have broken out.
It is believed that the row spilt out onto the street before the fatal stabbing including one to the heart occurred.
Quam Babatunde was found unresponsive by gardaí at the scene.
He was treated at the scene by emergency services personnel and transferred to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased a short time later.
Babatunde had been living in the Ballyogan accommodation centre in south Dublin while his application for international protection was being processed.
Gardaí said that investigations are ongoing.
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan today said he was being briefed by gardaí about the incident, adding that “Dubliners deserve to feel safe in our city”.
“Gardaí have excellent CCTV footage in respect of the incident, I’ve been informed that there were people in a nightclub, a row developed, it developed out onto the street, and that’s where the fatality and violence occurred,” O’Callaghan told RTÉ Radio’s Last Week.
“You’re not allowed to carry knives in Ireland, and we’re not going to allow ourselves to develop into a society where young men are carrying knives, it’s completely unacceptable,” he added.
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