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Irish pensioner killed with 'machete' outside Dublin home

25/7/2020. Clonsilla Murder Scene. At approximately 5:55am on 25/07/2020 Gardaí responded to reports of an assault incident outside a house in the Whitechapel Road area of Clonsilla, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. A man, aged in his 70s, was fatally injured following an altercation where he received a number of apparent stab wounds. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The scene is currently preserved for a technical examination.A male, aged in his 40s, had barricaded himself into another house nearby. No other persons were present in the house at the time of the incident. An Garda Síochána protocols for a barricade incident were implemented.At approximately 11:40am on 25/07/2020 the barricade incident was resolved. The male was arrested and is currently detained under Section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Blanchardstown Garda Station.All units involved in this incident worked closely under Garda Strategic and Operational Commanders with the strategic intention to ‘contain the incident, preserving life and bring the incident to a peaceful conclusion’.Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information in relation to this incident to contact them at Blanchardstown on 01 666 7000 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111. Investigations are continuing. Photo Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

AN ELDERLY IRISH MAN has been stabbed to death outside his home in Dublin.

77-year-old Peter McDonald was reportedly attacked with a "machete-like" weapon after he confronted a man smashing the window of a nearby car.

The incident occurred in the Whitechapel Road area of Clonsilla on Saturday morning.

Gardai were called to the scene and later arrested a 48-year-old suspect following a five-hour standoff with armed officers, where he allegedly refused to leave his home.

It's understood that the man arrested was known to Mr McDonald, and that the pair had been involved in a number of altercations prior to the attack.

A source told the Irish Independent: "There is a history of complaints relating to typical neighbourhood disagreements like noise and things like that.

"But there was no previous violence involved.

"So the two men were certainly known to each other but what exactly lead to this horrific killing is not yet known.

"The suspect lived very close to the scene and he was arrested at his home after initially refusing to come out."

The suspect is reportedly known to gardai and has been arrested previously in relation to a number of burglaries and thefts in the area.

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