Far-Right Incitement of Anti-Migrant Riot in Dublin
Far-right social media figures exploited an alleged sexual assault in Dublin to incite mass violence against asylum seekers and migrants.
A reported sexual assault by a failed asylum seeker was used as a pretext for far-right agitators to call for violence. Protests and confrontations with police ensued, with up to 1,000 demonstrators besieging the CityWest Hotel in Saggart, outside Dublin.
According to Irish broadcaster RTE, the first report of the incident at the CityWest Hotel was a social media post at 8:25 a.m. on Monday, which was viewed over 136,000 times. By early afternoon, media reported that a man had been arrested for an alleged assault on a young girl.
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Author's summary: Far-right groups spark violence against migrants in Dublin.