Garda rescued from knifeman

IN a dramatic operation, heavily armed detectives rescued a uniformed female colleague from the grips of a violent criminal as he pressed a knife to her throat and threatened to slit it.

Garda rescued from knifeman

The man freed the young garda and dropped the knife when armed members of the Emergency Response Unit stormed the scene.

The events occurred on Tuesday night when two female gardaí responded to a report of a break-in at an apartment in the Limerick city centre.

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