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A MAN IS due to go on trial accused of the attempted murder of three children on Parnell Square in Dublin in November 2023.
Riad Bouchaker (52), of no fixed address, is charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to a care worker, at Parnell Square East in Dublin City on 23 November 2023.
He was further charged with three counts of assault causing harm as well as the possession and production of a 36cm kitchen knife.
A five-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were left in a critical condition after the attack. A five-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl were also injured.
The trial is listed to start at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, and is expected to last for two weeks.
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