Supt Liam Geraghty mentioned An Garda Siochana doesn't imagine the varsity was being focused.

He mentioned preliminary indications are {that a} male attacked quite a few folks with 5 casualties taken to hospitals within the Dublin space.

The casualties embrace three younger kids, an grownup feminine and grownup male.

One lady, aged 5, has sustained what police described as severe accidents and is receiving emergency medical remedy.

A boy aged 5 and a six-year-old lady obtained much less severe accidents, based on Supt Geraghty. The boy has since been discharged from hospital.

The lady, aged in her 30s, and man, in his 50s, are being handled for severe accidents.

An Garda Siochana is pursuing a "definite line of enquiry", based on Supt Geraghty.

The man in his 50s is a "person of interest" to the drive and An Garda Siochana is presently not in search of some other particular person.