Armed gardaí patrol Limerick village following shooting, arson, and damage to house
Gardaí are monitoring a number of individuals in the east Limerick riverside village in an effort to quell rising tensions.
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Gardaí said that 'a number of shots' were reportedly 'fired at a residential property in the Scanlon Park area' around 5:40pm, Saturday, August 9th.
'No injuries have been reported, the scene was cordoned off for a technical and forensic examination,' gardaí said.
It's understood a number of males wearing balaclavas were involved in the early evening gun attack.
Less than 24 hours earlier, at around 1:39am, Friday, four masked men armed with hatchets and accelerant set fire to a car and smashed windows at a house at St Patrick's Villas, Castleconnell.
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CCTV footage shared on social media showed that as one of the males entered the curtilage of the property with a hatchet, two of the perpetrators smashed up a car parked outside the house, and the fourth male set the vehicle on fire.
The men then fled in a black coloured car as the occupants of the house emerged from the property.
A female voice can be heard on the footage as the men are carrying out the attack, shouting 'what are ye doing...scumbags...f*****g scumbag ya, you're f*****g dead'.
A male voice is then heard on the recording asking for someone to 'ring the fire brigade, Jesus, quick, ring the guards'.
The masked gang's getaway car was driven by a fifth man.
Gardaí said they were investigating 'a report of an incident of criminal damage' after 'a vehicle and a domestic residence' were reportedly 'damaged'.
No persons were injured.
Gardaí are investigating if the violent incidents are linked.
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