Article 70XS0 Dublin police condemn ‘thuggery’ after protest outside hotel housing asylum seekers turns violent

Dublin police condemn ‘thuggery’ after protest outside hotel housing asylum seekers turns violent

by
Rory Carroll, Ireland correpsondent
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Six arrests made after crowd hurled fireworks and other missiles at officers during protests following alleged sexual assault on a young girl

Six people have been arrested after Irish police battled hundreds of protesters outside a Dublin hotel used to house asylum seekers after an alleged sexual assault on a young girl.

The crowd burned a police vehicle and hurled fireworks and other missiles at officers outside the Citywest hotel on Tuesday night.

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