GARDAI in Limerick have arrested an questioned a man in connection with alleged suspicious approach made to a child in Limerick city centre.
The arrest was made after an attempt was made to take a five-year-old boy from his family on O’Connell Street at around lunchtime on Sunday.
Warnings and pictures were shared across social media in the hours that followed as users posted images of the man and the allegations of the incident.
Gardai were alerted to the incident and the man was arrested in the city centre a short time later.
“A man in his 20s has been arrested by gardaí following a suspicious and unexplained approach to a minor earlier today on O’Connell Street, Limerick,” a Garda spokesperson said.
The male culprit is understood to have approached the young boy who was beside his father before he fled after the boy’s father intervened.
The man was arrested and brought to Mayorstone Garda Station for questioning and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
Gardai say that investigations are ongoing.
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