Brave dad tackled Dublin knifeman as traumatised daughter ran to get help from hospital
25.11.2023 - 05:23
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A dad leapt into action to tackle a suspected knifeman in Dublin - moments after three children and two adults were stabbed outside a primary school. Warren Donohoe grabbed hold of the suspect as his terrified family watched on from across Parnell Square on Thursday afternoon.
Partner Stacey Power told how they witnessed the attack during a trip to the city from their home in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, as part of daughter Abigail’s 11th birthday celebrations. She added that while Warren raced to apprehend the knifeman, her young daughter had bolted to the nearby Rotunda hospital to get help.
Speaking to DublinLive, Stacey said: “I saw what looked like a woman and a man fighting across the road. And I said to the kids, come close and stand beside me. And then I just, I saw him just grabbing the child and stabbing her.
"I screamed, I said, ‘Warren, he's stabbing her! He's stabbing the child’. And Warren ran straight across the road. He didn't even think. I was trying to get the baby out of the pram. And my mam's partner ran across as well.
"He fell in the middle of the road running, trying to get over to help. Warren was attacking the man, pulling the man away from the child. And then the Brazilian man came, his bike fell and he came over."
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As the traumatised mother turned round to check on her kids, she noticed Abigail was missing. She said: "I couldn't find her so I was screaming. I thought that she was dead somewhere. I was screaming, please someone help me find my baby. Help me find my baby."
Abigail had allegedly run as soon as she saw the child getting stabbed. Stacey was unable to locate her daughter for