Gardaí investigating terror link to stabbing of army chaplain in Galway

A car wrapped in plastic is removed from the scene at Renmore Barracks in County Galway, after army chaplain Fr Paul Murphy was stabbed on Thursday evening. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Gardaí investigating the stabbing of a military chaplain by a teenager at an army barracks in Galway are trying to establish whether there was a terror link and if the attacker was prompted by a radicalised third-party.

Soldiers on duty in the guard room at Renmore Barracks were forced to fire at least five shots in the air to deter the 16 year-old and then wrestled him to the ground and hold him until gardaí arrived.