17-02-2025
Belfast: Man arrested over fatal Dublin stabbing
A man has been arrested in Belfast in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 34-year-old man in Dublin at the Babatunde, who was in the Irish asylum-seeking system, died after he was stabbed close to Grafton Street in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday morning. A man was detained as he was preparing to board a ferry to Liverpool, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ.Gardaí (Irish police) said he is currently being detained at a police station in Northern Ireland. Another man has been arrested in Dublin.
A post-mortem examination has been completed but the results are not being released for operational reasons, gardaí said.A second man, aged in his 30s, was seriously injured and taken to hospital for treatment.