Dublin Riots: Anti-Immigrant Violence Erupts After Knife Attack

The Facts

• Ireland's capital erupted into riots, violence, and looting Thursday night after a knife attack at a school earlier in the day left a woman and three young children in hospital with their injuries. Two of the victims, a 5-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman, were in a serious condition, police officials said; the suspect, in police custody, was also hospitalized in serious condition.

• Drew Harris, the police commissioner for Gardaí, Ireland's national police, said that people "filled with hate" began descending on the crime scene at 5:30 p.m. local time, disrupting the police investigation. "From there on, the violence escalated," Harris said.