Man guilty of attempting to murder children in Dublin stabbing

Jury also finds Riad Bouchaker guilty of assaulting two other children and a childcare worker in 2023 A man has been found guilty of attempting to murder three children during a stabbing attack in Dublin in 2023, a crime that horrified Ireland and triggered a riot in the capital. A jury at the central criminal court on Wednesday also found Riad Bouchaker, 52, guilty of assault causing serious harm to a childcare worker, Leanne Flynn, and of assaulting two other children and a teenager.

Riad Bouchaker denied attempting to murder three children and assaulting four other people on 23 November 2023.