A MAN who has charged in connection with an incident of “acting erratically” with a knife in Limerick yesterday is due to appear today before Nenagh District Court.
This comes as a principal of a school in the area put down rumours of an intruder on the school grounds.
Gardaí have charged one person in connection with an incident in which a man was observed behaving erratically with a knife in Limerick yesterday (Friday February 9).
Gardaí were contacted after a number of postings where shared on social media in which it was alleged a man with a “sword” had attacked students coming out of a school in the area and that the school had been locked down.
The principal of a school in the area messaged parents afterwards saying: “I have been made aware that rumours are circulating that there was an intruder on the school grounds today. There is no truth to these rumours.”
Gardaí said they too were “aware of significant disinformation, misinformation, rumour, and exaggeration online in relation to this incident”.
A Garda spokesman confirmed that Gardaí had “received reports of a man acting erratically on the Corbally Road in Limerick on the morning of Friday 9th February 2024” and had apprehended a man in possession of a flick knife.
“With the assistance of the Armed Support Unit, a man in his 20s was arrested in the area shortly after,” the spokesman said.
“A small flick knife was seized.”
“The man was detained at a Garda Station in Limerick city. The male has been charged and is expected to appear before a special sitting of Nenagh District Court at 4pm today (Saturday 10th February 2024).“
