Gardaí investigating alleged machete attack recover weapon

The weapon has been sent for forensic and DNA tests

Gardaí confirmed that CCTV footage that was gathered from near the scene had been reviewed.

Gardaí have recovered a weapon suspected of being used in a machete attack on a couple who tried to stop a teenager beating up a dog at a Dublin park in broad daylight in west Dublin.

Officers have also viewed CCTV footage and are working on identifying the two youths involved. The attack happened after a couple went to the aid of a dog that a teenager was beating in Hazelbury Park in Clonee in the mid-afternoon on Sunday, August 13.