# BREAKING: Suspect charged with attempted murder after Dublin stabbing of 3 children

By Jessica Barshis · Published 2023-12-21 · News & Analysis › Faith & Family · https://humanevents.com/news/breaking-suspect-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-dublin-stabbing-of-3-children

> The Algerian immigrant spoke only to the Arabic interpreter during the hearing.

The Algerian immigrant who allegedly [horrifically stabbed](https://humanevents.com/2023/11/23/breaking-5-women-children-stabbed-injured-near-school-in-dublin) three children and one woman outside a Dublin school last month in a crazed, random attack has been arrested and charged with attempted murder.

50-year-old Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed abode, appeared before Dublin District Court on Thursday, [BBC reports](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67783903). He spoke only to the Arabic interpreter during the hearing.

The court heard that Bouchaker at one point had told Gardaí "I am a sick person" after he was apprehended.

The children and woman, a school care worker, were all seriously wounded by the immigrant who wielded a 36cm kitchen knife. The woman and a 5-year-old girl are still in critical condition in the hospital.

Additionally, Bouchaker was charged with assault causing harm to two other children and a French man who tried to intervene.

Judge Byran Smyth remanded Bouchaker in custody. He will appear before Cloverhill District Court on December 28th via videolink, according to local news outlet [Dublin People](https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2023/12/21/parnell-square-charged-attempted-murder/).

[Protests erupted](https://humanevents.com/2023/11/23/breaking-protests-erupt-in-ireland-as-suspect-in-stabbing-of-5-in-dublin-reported-to-be-algerian-national) across Ireland after it was discovered that the accused was an Algerian national, with even MMA legend [Conor McGregor](https://humanevents.com/2023/11/26/mma-legend-conor-mcgregor-under-investigation-over-social-media-posts-after-algerian-immigrant-allegedly-stabbed-women-children-in-dublin) weighing in on the matter. He called the suspect a "mentally deranged non national in Dublin, Ireland” and warned, “there is grave danger among us in Ireland that should never be here in the first place.”

Bouchaker was [known to the police](https://humanevents.com/2023/11/26/algerian-immigrant-suspected-of-stabbing-women-children-in-dublin-was-known-to-police-previously-slated-for-deportation#google_vignette) and was arrested earlier in the year for having possession of a knife and damage to a car.

According to [The Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dublin-stabbing-victim-is-from-migrant-family-3nw0fsppv), the suspect was the "subject of a deportation order."

"However, after a judicial review in the High Court his deportation order was revoked. Sources said in 2008 the Department of Justice granted the man leave to stay in Ireland," the Times reported.

*This is a breaking story and will be updated.*