Alert – Shocking moment knifeman threatens staff in Dublin Aldi – as Gardai probe incident amid heightened tensions in the Irish capital after school stabbing

This is the shocking moment a knifeman threatened staff in a Dublin Aldi, as Gardai probed the incident amid heightened tensions in the Irish capital.

The incident happened yesterday evening at the supermarket in Ashtown, Dublin 15.

Gardai were called to the scene a little after 9pm after reports of a threatening man in Aldi.

The man left the Adli empty handed and no one was injured.

Footage shows a man walking into the store and shouting at a member of staff.

This is the shocking moment a knifeman threatened staff in a Dublin Aldi, as Gardai probed the incident amid heightened tensions in the Irish capital

The incident happened yesterday evening at the supermarket in Ashtown, Dublin 15

After he takes out a knife, the store worker leaps back before the pair talk to each other.

A Garda spokesperson said: ‘Gardaí at Cabra were alerted following reports of an altercation at a supermarket in Ashtown, Dublin 15.

‘It’s understood a staff member was threatened at knife point by the customer who then left the premises empty handed.

‘No one was physically harmed in the course of the incident.

‘An investigation into the matter is ongoing.’

It came amid heightened tensions in the Irish capital after a horrifying knife attack on three schoolchildren.

The man left the Adli empty handed and no one was injured. Footage shows a man walking into the store and shouting at a member of staff

The riots were fuelled by unsubstantiated online rumours that the person behind the knife attack – which saw three children and a woman injured – was a foreign national.

As many as 500 thugs gathered close to some of the city’s most iconic locations, some waving flags and brandishing signs reading ‘Irish Lives Matter’. 

Shocking scenes saw police officers attacked, with around 50 sustaining injuries – one of whom faces having a toe amputated – while buses and a tram were torched, with one driver punched and dragged from his cab.

The sinister Telegram voice note that incited the Dublin riots just hours after a horrifying knife attack on three schoolchildren has been revealed.

‘Bally [balaclava] up, tool up… and any f***ing foreigner, kill them’, was the disturbing call to arms that ‘Kill all immigrants’ sent to a private group of self-proclaimed Irish ‘patriots’ called ‘Enough is Enough’ at 5.22pm on Thursday.

‘Bally [balaclava] up, tool up… and any f***ing foreigner, kill them’: The sinister Telegram voice note that incited the Dublin riots just hours after a horrifying knife attack on three schoolchildren has been revealed

A bus and car on fire on O’Connell Street in Dublin city centre after violent scenes unfolded following an attack on Parnell Square East where five people were injured, including three young children on Thursday

Gardai in riot gear in Dublin city centre after five people were injured in an attack, including three young children. Violent scenes have unfolded close to the site of the attack in Dublin city centre as crowds of protesters gathered

Police said the unrest was fuelled by a ‘complete lunatic faction driven by far-right ideology’, after rumours about the attacker’s nationality spread online.

It has since been reported by the Irish Times that the attacker had lived in Ireland for some 20 years.

Damage to public infrastructure in Dublin from the disorder could cost tens of millions of euros to repair, Irish premier Leo Varadkar said.

The Taoiseach added that the knife attack and the violence which followed had brought ‘shame on Ireland’.

On Friday a visible and heavy police presence was seen in the city centre amidst fears a second night of rioting could follow. 

Gardai made a number of arrests on O’Connell Street in Dublin city centre as it was announced that legislation allowing Garda officers to use body-cams would be fast-tracked.