"Utility meter housings were destroyed to make weapons to attack gardaí at the scene"
"Residents living near a Dublin hotel housing asylum-seekers that was at the centre of violent clashes this week said they saw children as young as 10 involved in the rioting."
"Neighbours said young boys helped older teens to tear apart the housings of utility meters outside their homes and took the bricks on the baseboards of their electric scooters to the rioters."
Violent clashes occurred this week near a Dublin hotel housing asylum-seekers. Residents reported seeing children as young as 10 participating in the rioting. Utility meter housings were ripped apart and repurposed as weapons aimed at gardaí on the scene. Neighbours described young boys assisting older teenagers to dismantle meters outside homes and removing bricks from the baseboards of their electric scooters to supply to rioters. The attacks targeted law enforcement, and the use of household infrastructure and scooter parts indicates improvised tactics and community-level escalation of the disorder.
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