Man going on trial accused of attempted murder of three children in Dublin

Riad Bouchaker is charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to a care worker, at Parnell Square East

Candles and tributes left following a vigil held outside Gaelscoil Cholaiste Mhuire school (Niall Carson/PA)

A man is due to go on trial accused of the attempted murder of three children in Dublin.

Riad Bouchaker, 52, of no fixed address, is charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to a care worker, at Parnell Square East in Dublin City on November 23 2023.

He was further charged with three counts of assault causing harm as well as the possession and production of a 36cm kitchen knife.

A five-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were left in a critical condition after the attack.

A five-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl were also injured.

The incident came hours before the start of several days of rioting in Dublin.

The trial is listed to start at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, and is expected to last for two weeks.

- Press Association