Riot in Dublin after children stabbed in knife attack

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There have been violent scenes in Dublin after an earlier knife attack in the city centre left four people injured

It is not clear exactly what caused the disturbances - involving clashes, and reports of a number of vehicles set on fire

The Irish police chief blames the unrest on a "lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology", and the president says the earlier attack is being "abused by groups with an agenda"

Rioters have now "largely dispersed", the BBC's Ireland correspondent says, while police in the city centre say the streets are now "mainly calm"

Public transport remains disrupted in parts of the Irish capital, and an ambulance service says it's "extremely busy" tonight

Police earlier said a 5-year-old girl was in emergency care following the city-centre attack

Officers said they weren't looking for anyone other than a man involved in the incident - which they were not treating as terror-related

Investigators say they're "keeping an open mind" about any potential motive

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