German man hit on head with axe arrived in Dublin days before attack

A GERMAN man axed in the head as he walked along a Dublin street had just arrived in the city days before after travelling down from his home in the north west.

German man hit on head with axe arrived in Dublin days before attack

Ralf Hasch, a 28-year-old originally from Stuttgart, is recovering in hospital after Sunday’s late night attack. Gardaí believe he was hit a number of times on the head with the small sharp axe-like weapons.

Mr Hasch, although in a stable condition in hospital, is said to be extremely distressed following what appears to have been an unprovoked as he walked in the south inner city around 11.30pm.

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