A delivery man Braziliandescribed as a hero for helping to arrest an attacker armed with a knife suspected of attacking children outside a school Irishtold AFP on Saturday that he acted “as any father would.”
A five-year-old girl suffered serious injuries and remains hospitalized after the knife attack, which sparked the worst night of riots in the Irish capital, Dublinin almost two decades.
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Authorities say that unconfirmed reports circulating in the social networksaccording to which the stabbings had been the work of a “illegal immigrant”eventually sparked riots, in which vehicles were burned and stores looted.
Caio Beniciowhich works for the food delivery app Deliverooused his motorcycle helmet to stop the attacker when he allegedly stabbed three children and a woman.
The Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkarpraised Benicio43 years old, and other passersby who intervened, describing them as “real irish heroes”.
But Benicio -father of a 12-year-old boy and a 19-year-old daughter- said that he does not consider himself “a hero” while revisiting the scene of the horrific attack in Dublin.
“I am a father. I have two sons. I think all parents would do the same.“, he stated regarding his improvised action. “It’s something you don’t think about, you (simply) act,” stood out.
Benicio received thanks from numerous people on the street, who shook his hand and They congratulated him for his bravery.
The Brazilian received the help of a French apprentice chef, who is in Dublin Interning at a local restaurant since October.
The 17-year-old student, who suffered minor injuries to his hand and face, received a congratulatory phone call from the president on Friday, Emmanuel Macron.
