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# Knife

This year
2023
# Attack
Knife attacker kills two on German train before capture
The 33-year-old suspect was detained at the railway station in the town of Brokstedt and treated in hospital for minor injuries.
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Jan 25th 2023, 8:21 PM
Last year
2022
# Kimmage
Man arrested for knifepoint robbery of south Dublin shop
The man was arrested this morning in Crumlin.
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Aug 18th 2022, 12:58 PM
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# Limerick
Man held knife to woman’s throat before barricading himself into stranger’s home, court hears
The man barricaded himself into a stranger’s home where he drank the homeowner’s beer during a three-hour standoff with gardaí yesterday, a court was told.
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May 7th 2020, 5:26 PM
# Charged
Boy (16) charged with carrying out aggravated burglary with a knife at Limerick house
Judge Cashin remanded the boy to Oberstown Children Detention Campus in Lusk, Co Dublin.
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Sep 24th 2019, 4:42 PM
# appeal
High Court challenge brought over decision to expel teen for bringing knife to school
The second-year student was expelled from the secondary school he attended late last year.
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Apr 8th 2019, 5:36 PM
# Wicklow
Student claims he was threatened with knife before class at Wicklow school
Gardaí said they were made aware of the incident.
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Feb 15th 2019, 4:52 PM
# Courts
Man who ran at gardaí with knife after assaulting girlfriend gets partially suspended sentence
Noel O’Doherty pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
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Jan 26th 2019, 6:30 AM
# Sutton
Gardaí investigating after teen allegedly assaulted and threatened by two men
The incident happened on Station Road, Sutton in Dublin at around 5.30pm on Wednesday.
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Jan 19th 2019, 2:48 PM
# Stillorgan
Men charged over robbery where shop staff were threatened with knife and hatchet
Gardaí arrested the men after intercepting a car.
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Dec 31st 2018, 7:38 AM
# Courts
Man who slashed Luas passenger in the face with a flick knife jailed for 5 years
The Judge said it was ironic that the 28-year-old man’s actions were a “warped manifestation” of his devotion to his family.
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Nov 2nd 2018, 8:59 PM
# Kilkenny
Woman with knife robs priest (86) in parochial house
The priest sustained minor injuries in the incident.
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Aug 23rd 2018, 9:01 AM
# Meath
Appeal launched after homeowner 'put in noose and dragged around' his home by burglars
The man returned to his home in Ballivor on 17 January to find two armed men in balaclavas waiting for him.
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Jan 26th 2018, 6:05 AM
# Dún Laoghaire
Teenager (15) who allegedly stabbed woman he met on social media app refused bail for fourth time
A garda testified that he feared the teen would be “likely to commit murder if released”.
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Jan 25th 2018, 5:55 PM
# Arrest
Suspect arrested after four people stabbed in Munich knife attack
A detained suspect “very strongly resembles” the perpetrator of the attacks, according to the Munich police.
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Oct 21st 2017, 2:34 PM
# sugrut
'Most likely not terrorism': Knife attacker injures seven in Russia
Police said they had “liquidated” the attacker.
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Aug 19th 2017, 12:06 PM
# Evacuation
Man with knife arrested at Eiffel Tower
The Paris landmark was evacuated as a precaution.
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Aug 6th 2017, 11:09 AM
# Knife
Man to appear in court over cash-in-transit robbery at shopping centre
The incident happened in Dublin on Monday.
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Apr 1st 2017, 8:17 AM
# Celbridge
Armed man steals money from safe and wallets at travel agent
The raider, believed to have a knife, ordered all employees into a back office and demanded they open a safe.
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Jan 4th 2017, 10:27 AM
# series of robberies
Family pet 'killed in burglary' at house in Armagh
Police are investigating a number of robberies in Northern Ireland.
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Nov 26th 2016, 4:55 PM
# Clowning Around
Swedish man stabbed by attacker in clown mask
The Halland county incident was not the first involving clowns in Sweden.
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Oct 14th 2016, 11:37 AM
# baylough
Two men arrested after robberies at bookies in Athlone and Castlebar
The man threatened staff with a knife in the Athlone incident.
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Sep 11th 2016, 12:30 PM
# dardistown
Man charged after woman threatened with knife during burglary
The burglary took place on Friday evening at a house in Dardistown.
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Jul 3rd 2016, 3:37 PM
# Crime
Petrol station robbers confronted and tackled by off-duty gardaí
One garda was cut in the arm during the confrontation.
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Jun 23rd 2016, 11:25 AM
# Mayfield
Manhunt underway after man tries to rob post office armed with a knife
The man threatened staff but got away with nothing in the end.
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May 14th 2016, 6:16 PM
# Leicester Square
London hostage situation resolved as man arrested
Police confirmed that the situation was not terror related.
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Feb 24th 2016, 10:07 PM
# Kilkenny
Man armed with knife forces evacuation of Kilkenny garda station
The station was closed for just over an hour yesterday evening.
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Jan 8th 2016, 10:13 PM
# bromley
Scenes of panic in UK shopping centre after reports of man with machete
Some shoppers believed an altercation between two men was a terrorist attack.
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Dec 26th 2015, 5:38 PM
# steak knife
Barman who stabbed man who was in bed with his ex-partner gets suspended sentence
The judge said he was “unlikely to reoffend” and ordered that he undergo any alcohol treatment programme deemed necessary.
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Oct 9th 2015, 3:51 PM
# that's not a knife
'Ninja' raiders with knife chased away by sword-wielding store owner
Don’t bring a knife to sword fight…
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Aug 18th 2015, 11:59 PM
# Co Kerry
Man with one leg claims he was carrying knife through town 'for protection'
Concerned locals called gardaí to report a man walking through Kenmare with a breadknife.
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Aug 13th 2015, 6:42 PM
# Murder
'Jennifer’s death is a tragedy, three young children have been robbed'
A knife has been found as part of the investigation.
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Aug 11th 2015, 11:14 PM
# Athlone
Three teens arrested after two elderly men hospitalised in separate attacks
One man was a taxi driver, the other was a shop keeper.
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Aug 5th 2015, 10:45 PM
# Quick Thinking
Pensioners trapped thief in shop he was trying to rob
Ron Smith (78) and Robert Anderson (72) have been given a bravery award.
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Jul 14th 2015, 5:01 PM
# man arrested
Shop workers threatened with knife in Saturday night robbery
Gardaí have recovered the weapon and a sum of cash.
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Jul 6th 2015, 1:59 PM
# Violence
Gardaí appeal for witnesses to two linked stabbings in Temple Bar
The stabbings occurred within minutes of one another on a busy Saturday evening.
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Jun 29th 2015, 2:26 PM
# Violence
Man in critical condition after being stabbed in Temple Bar
The incident occurred just before 8pm yesterday evening.
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Jun 28th 2015, 12:00 PM
# Knife Attack
18-year-old arrested after three men from same family injured in knife attack
Two of the men were chased from a house and assaulted at a local petrol station.
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Jun 11th 2015, 1:06 PM
# Cloverhill Prison
Large knife found in toilet at Tallaght Hospital as a prisoner was being transferred
Stab vests were issued to prisoner officers as a precaution.
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May 11th 2015, 9:01 AM
# London
Man jailed for 28 years after stabbing love rival to death in 'ferocious attack'
The victim was stabbed 20 times.
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May 1st 2015, 7:52 PM
# Attack
Teen (13) armed with knife and crossbow kills teacher in Spain
Four others were also injured in the incident.
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Apr 20th 2015, 9:05 PM
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