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Two Gardaí shot and man arrested following Blanchardstown house siege

May 26, 2021 07:17
By Shannonside News
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Two Gardaí shot and man arrested following Blanchardstown house siege

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has commended the officers involved for bringing the incident to a successful conclusion.

Two Gardaí have been shot and a man arrested after a siege in west Dublin.

Both officers have been taken to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown with non-life threatening injuries.

Gardaí responded to reports of gunshots in the Whitechapel Grove area of Blanchardstown last night.

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Officers took cover behind a patrol car while shots were fired between armed detectives and a man, with the car hit a number of times with bullets.

Two male detectives, both in their 30s were hit, one in the foot and another in the hand.

A cordon was set up in the area and nearby houses were evacuated.

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Following negotiations, two guns, an automatic pistol and a handgun were surrendered from the house, and a short time later a man in his late 30s was arrested.

He's being held at Blanchardstown Garda Station.

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