The assault took place on Aston Quay at 4pm as hundreds of people enjoyed the St Patrick's Day festivities.ĭetectives are trying to determine if there was a racial element to the attack with the Brazilian only attacked after he had spoken to the teens.įriends of the teenagers boasted about the attack and one said: "That was one of the best knockouts I've ever seen. Pittsburgh Steelers star WR Chase Claypool was involved in a. Shocked onlookers said it was a miracle the man wasn't killed or didn't suffer a fractured skull. 10:43 AM PT - A rep for the Costa Mesa Police Department tells TMZ Sports cops have launched an investigation into the fight. The arrests came after the Brazilian man, who was treated for his injuries at St James's Hospital, lodged a formal complaint over the sickening attack.įootage of the incident showed the man being kicked in the head as if his skull was a football. Gardai have since arrested two young men in Ballymun, a 16 and a 17 years old, and questioned them at Pearse Street garda station.īoth were later released without charge and gardai are now preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). This one has an old-timey, in-the-pub-feel to it, like you're actually chugging Guinness in Dublin. The incident sparked an internet furore over how safe Irish streets are for foreign tourists. The 30-year-old victim, who had complained about his hat being taken by a teenage girl in company with the two young men, was subjected to a brutal unprovoked assault in which a kick to his head was caught on shocking camera phone footage (above). A YOUNG Brazilian man was left lying unconscious on a Dublin city centre street after two Irish teens kicked his head "like a football" during a St Patrick's Day clash.
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