A 34-year-old asylum seeker from Nigeria, Quham Babatunde, was fatally stabbed in Dublin following a suspected row between groups after an Afroswing gig. Police are searching for the masked attacker, who remains at large. Another man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan condemned the violence and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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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