Gardaí continue to question Pakistani man over stabbing

A Pakistani man remains in custody this morning after his ex-wife was injured and her cousin killed in a knife attack at the couple's former Co. Louth home.

The victim, who has been named locally as 32-year-old Muhammad Arif, lost his fight for life in hospital after the stabbing.

All three were originally from Pakistan and had been living in Ireland for some time.

The alarm was raised shortly after 2pm on Thursday when Gardaí were called to an apartment in Fitzwilliam Court in Dyer Street in Drogheda.

Mr Arif and the woman, aged 30, were rushed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

He was transferred to St Vincent's in Dublin where he died in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A senior Garda source says officers are treating it as a domestic incident.