CRIME & LAW

Six Arrested After Violent CityWest Protest

Six people were arrested after a crowd outside the CityWest Hotel near Dublin hurled bricks, bottles and fireworks at police and set a van ablaze, Ireland’s national force said Wednesday. One officer suffered a foot injury. Hundreds, many waving Irish tricolor flags, had gathered Tuesday evening in Saggart following reports of a sexual assault. Some tried to charge the police line with horse-drawn carts as officers used pepper spray. Police Commissioner Justin Kelly condemned “thuggery,” and Prime Minister Micheál Martin said there was “no justification.”

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