Dublin garda stabbing sparked wave of online disinformation, says senior officer
Gardaà at the scene on Capel Street in Dublin on Tuesday evening. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews
People with a particular agenda quickly began to spread misinformation and disinformation online after news broke of an on-duty garda being stabbed on Tuesday evening, the Assistant Garda Commissioner for the Dublin Metropolitan Region has said.
The Garda was on a high-visibility patrol with a colleague on Capel Street in Dublin 1 when he was attacked and stabbed multiple times just after 6pm. Gardaà say the attack was entirely unprovoked.
