A man accused of murdering a Nigerian teen in what has been described as a row with racial undertones told gardai he did not see his brother carrying a knife when they went after the group of teens to try and retrieve his mobile phone.

A number of black males, claiming to be friends of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy who was stabbed on Good Friday two years ago, were in a “highly agitated and aggressive state” when gardai arrived at the scene, a Central Court jury has heard.

RESIDENTS of a west Dublin suburb turned out in large numbers yesterday to pay tribute to a young Nigerian student who died in a stabbing incident at the weekend.

Integration Minister Mary White has said she is shocked and saddened at the death of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy in Tyrellstown in Dublin.

A teenage boy stabbed to death may have been attacked following a row sparked by racist jibes, it was disclosed tonight.