Six-hour siege by knife-wielding asylum seeker ends peacefully

A TENSE six-hour siege came to a peaceful end in Dublin city centre yesterday after a Chechen refugee gave himself up to gardaí.

The knife-wielding man, in his late 40s, had locked himself into his bedroom just after breakfast at the asylum seekers’ complex in Hatch Hall on Hatch Street.

Staff were concerned for his and other residents’ safety. The asylum seeker had threatened to harm himself.