A 34-year-old asylum seeker from Nigeria, Quham Babatunde, was stabbed to death on South Anne Street in Dublin following a suspected row between two groups after an Afroswing concert. A masked man is believed to have carried out the attack and is still at large. Another man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Gardaí have launched a murder investigation and are reviewing CCTV footage and conducting door-to-door inquiries.
A man who was brutally stabbed to death on Dublin’s South Anne Street was an asylum seeker named Quham Babatunde
We have also learned that gardai have yet to identify the attacker who stabbed Mr Babatunde - and it is feared he is still at large. "The people involved need to know that they will be tracked down by An Garda Síochána and brought to justice," he said. "I also want to put out that carrying knives and acts of violence on the street are not acceptable in Ireland, nor will they ever be acceptable," he said.
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