Suspects linked to rampage arrested

ARMED gardaí, backed by air support, swooped on Tipperary town yesterday, arresting several suspects linked to a violent rampage that left several people hospitalised on St Patrick’s Day.

Up to 30 gardaí, eight squad cars and a garda helicopter were involved in the operation. Members of a local armed response unit and a divisional drug unit also took part in the arrests.

The move against the St Patrick’s Day assailants came after a US tourist was violently attacked and at least five other people were injured following the town’s parade last Tuesday, according to local garda sources.